furan is a possible human carcinogen in many types of foods. a new and sensitive electroanalytical method for determination of furan has been developed and validated. the best condition forelectrochemical response was obtained with 0.1 m britton-rabinson buffer solution (ph=5) a glassy carbonelectrode (gce) was used as the working electrode, a ag/agcl/ kcl(sat.) electrode served as the referenc...

a simple, accurate and rapid high performance thin layer chromatography (hptlc)-densitometric method was developed for separation and determination of cetirizine (cet) as a long acting antihistamine and montelukast (mon) as an antileukotriene in pharmaceutical dosage forms. the compounds were separated on silica gel 60 f254 hptlc plates using a mixture of ethyl acetate : methanol : ammonia solu...

a fast and simple modified quechers (quick, easy, cheap, rugged and safe) extraction method based on spiked calibration curves and direct sample introduction was developed for determination of benzo[a]pyrene (bap) in bread by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry single quadrupole selected ion monitoring (gc/ms-sq-sim). sample preparation includes extraction of bap into acetone followed by clean...

Parabens are esters of p-hydroxybenzoic acid and belong to group of effective preservatives commonly used in cosmetic products, drugs and food. Their antimicrobial activity increases with increasing carbon number of the ester group. A number of cosmetic products and skincare products are preserved with parabens, as well in Europe as in the United States. Methyl, ethyl and propyl paraben are pre...

Campylobacteriosis is the most frequently reported bacterial food-borne illness in the European Union and contaminated broiler meat is considered the most important source of infection in humans. The aim of the present study was to evaluate real-time PCR (qPCR) and digital PCR (dPCR) for quantification of Campylobacter jejuni in 75 broiler neck-skin samples collected from a poultry slaughterhou...

CONTEXT Garcinia cowa is a medicinal plant widely grown in Southeast Asia and tropical countries. Various parts of this plant have been used in traditional folk medicine. The bark, latex, and root have been used as an antipyretic agent, while fruit and leaves have been used as an expectorant, for indigestion and improvement of blood circulation. AIMS This study aims to determine the concentra...

background: chemical preservation has become an increasingly important practice in modern food technology and herbal medicinal products with the increase in production of processed and convenience products. objective: in the present study, a reversed-phased hplc method for simultaneous determination of the preservatives sodium benzoate (sb) and potassium sorbate (ps) is described. methods: the ...

furan is a possible human carcinogen in many types of foods. a new and sensitive electroanalytical method for determination of furan has been developed and validated. the best condition forelectrochemical response was obtained with 0.1 m britton-rabinson buffer solution (ph=5) a glassy carbonelectrode (gce) was used as the working electrode, a ag/agcl/ kcl(sat.) electrode served as the referenc...

in this study, residual amount of pentachlorophenol (pcp) as the most important paper preservative, which is extremely hazardous pollutant, was determined in some tissue papers and napkins. twenty-five samples of two producing hygienic paper factories prepared from virgin and secondary pulp were analyzed for the presence of trace amount of pcp. the analytical procedure involved direct extractio...

Determination of drug residues in food is of great importance due to their toxicity. Long-term exposure with low level of drug residues could be important, especially in children. Based on document study, oxytetracycline (OTC) is a prophylaxis and treatment agent for great number of diseases and possesses a broad spectrum activity against many pathogenic organisms and can be toxic or cause alle...