Category Archives: Water

Toxic cyanopeptides monitoring in thermal spring water by capillary electrophoresis tandem mass spectrometry.

Posted on 4 February, 2025 by fqm302

Cyanobacteria are an ancient group of prokaryotes capable of oxygenic photosynthesis. Recently, thermal crises symptoms in hot springs have been associated with acute cyanopeptides poisoning. The aim of this work is to develop a fast, easy and reliable method to … Continue reading →

Posted in CZE, Cyanotoxins, Electrophoresis, FASS, Mass spectrometry, PID2021-127804OB-I00, PROYEXCEL_00195, RED2022-134079-T, SALLE, Stacking, Thermal spring | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Toxic cyanopeptides monitoring in thermal spring water by capillary electrophoresis tandem mass spectrometry.

Capillary electrophoresis tandem mass spectrometry to determine multiclass cyanotoxins in reservoir water and spinach samples.

Posted on 24 January, 2024 by fqm302

Cyanotoxins constitute a group of toxic secondary metabolites, the presence of which in any water body poses a major health risk. Moreover, advanced organisms such as edible plants exposed to these toxins, are a possible pathway for human exposure. Green … Continue reading →

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Multiclass cyanotoxin analysis in reservoir waters: Tandem solid-phase extraction followed by zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Posted on 29 November, 2021 by fqm302

The presence of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in all water bodies, including ocean water and fresh water sources, represents a risk for human health as eutrophication and climate change are enhancing their level of proliferation. For risk assessment and studies on … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyanotoxins, HILIC, Mass spectrometry, RTI2018-097043-B-I00, SPE, Water | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Multiclass cyanotoxin analysis in reservoir waters: Tandem solid-phase extraction followed by zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.

A natural deep eutectic solvent as a novel dispersive solvent in dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction based on solidification of floating organic droplet for the determination of pesticide residues.

Posted on 17 November, 2021 by fqm302

Current trends in analytical chemistry encourage the use of innocuous solvents to develop modern methods aligned with green chemistry. In this sense, natural deep eutectic solvents (NADESs) have emerged as a novel generation of green solvents which can be employed … Continue reading →

Posted in Fipronil, HPLC, NADES, RED2018-102522-T, UV-vis, Water, Wine | Tagged , | Comments Off on A natural deep eutectic solvent as a novel dispersive solvent in dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction based on solidification of floating organic droplet for the determination of pesticide residues.

Micellar electrokinetic chromatography as efficient alternative for the multiresidue determination of seven neonicotinoids and 6-chloronicotinic acid in environmental samples

Posted on 27 August, 2020 by fqm302

A simple, sensitive, and efficient method has been developed for the determination of the seven neonicotinoid insecticides commercially available (imidacloprid, thiacloprid, clothianidin, thiamethoxam, acetamiprid, nitenpyram, and dinotefuran) and the main metabolite 6-chloronicotinic acid. Micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) mode was applied, … Continue reading →

Posted in AGL2015-70708-R, MEKC, Neonicotinoids, SPE, Soil, Solid-liquid extraction, UV-vis, Water | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Micellar electrokinetic chromatography as efficient alternative for the multiresidue determination of seven neonicotinoids and 6-chloronicotinic acid in environmental samples

Monitoring of cyanotoxins in water from hypersaline microalgae colonies by ultra high performance liquid chromatography with diode array and tandem mass spectrometry detection following salting-out liquid-liquid extraction.

Posted on 10 December, 2019 by fqm302

In this study two different analytical approaches have been developed to determine the presence of several cyanotoxins in saline water samples from a continental salt marsh. A salting-out assisted liquid-liquid extraction (SALLE) has been used in combination with ultra-high performance … Continue reading →

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Amino‐functionalized material from a bio‐template for silver adsorption: process evaluation in batch and fixed bed

Posted on 15 October, 2018 by fqm302

The modification of an organic matrix as a bio‐template (grapefruit peel) using urea and melamine was carried out to introduce amino groups on its surface and favor Ag(I) adsorption in aqueous solution for metal recovery. Adsorption capacity in batch mode … Continue reading →

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Fully compatible and ultra-sensitive micellar electrokinetic chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry using sheathless porous-tip interfacing.

Posted on 27 October, 2017 by fqm302

The on-line coupling of micellar electrokinetic chromatography and mass spectrometry (MEKC-MS) is often hampered by incompatibility problems leading to reduced separation performance and unfavorable limits of detection (LODs). Here we propose a new selective and highly sensitive MEKC-MS/MS method employing … Continue reading →

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Characterization of carbamate pesticides in natural water from Cameroon.

Posted on 19 July, 2017 by fqm302

With the increased use of chemicals in agriculture for crop protection and improvement of yield, the contamination of water is currently a serious health concern. This study used solid-phase extraction with ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry to evaluate the presence … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbamates, Mass spectrometry, P12-AGR-1647, Pesticides, SPE, UHPLC, Water | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Characterization of carbamate pesticides in natural water from Cameroon.

Capillary electrochromatography coupled with dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction for the analysis of benzimidazole residues in water samples

Posted on 12 August, 2016 by fqm302

A novel method for the analysis of benzimidazole residues in water samples by capillary electrochromatography-UV detection (290 nm), using laboratory-made packed columns is presented. Capillaries (25 cm packed length×75 µm inner diameter, 34 cm total length, 25.5 cm effective capillary length) were packed with C18 … Continue reading →

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