We describe a quantitative screen for hypnotic-sedative drugs in which we use capillary gas chromatography with a nitrogen-phosphorus detector (GC/NPD) as the primary method and capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for confirmation. GC retention times of the acid-extracted underivatized drugs were stable (CVs less than 1%), and the detector response varied linearly over a 20-f...

in this study, a simple and reliable method by gas chromatograph–mass spectrometry (gc–ms) was developed for the fast and regular identification of 3, 4-mdma impurities in ecstasy tablets. in so doing, 8 samples of impurities were extracted by diethyl ether under alkaline condition and then analyzed by gc–ms. the results revealed high mdma levels ranging from 37.6% to 57.7%. the gc-ms method sh...

To investigate the utility of comprehensive GC×GC gas chromatography metabolomics in finding varietal markers among volatile compounds non-aromatic red wines, representative samples two most important Croatian monovarietal Plavac mali and Teran, were subjected to analysis by both conventional chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) two-dimensional with time-of-flight mass (GC×GC-TOF-MS) after ...

Sample Types LC/MS systems facilitate the analysis of samples that traditionally have been difficult to analyze. Despite the power and usefulness of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), many compounds are impossible to analyze with GC/MS. LC/MS significantly expands the effective analytical use of mass spectrometry to a much larger number of organic compounds. Gas chromatography and GC...

The authors assessed several chiral GC columns to select one for the Sample Analysis at Mars experiment on the Martian rover. The Agilent J&W CP-Chirasil-Dex CB column was chosen as the only chiral column for this space mission, and for the next Martian mission, ExoMars. Published by Elsevier B. V. Processing of meteoritic organic materials as a possible analog of early molecular evolution in p...

AIMS This study evaluates the suitability of gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric (GC-MS) analysis to follow-up the extent of benzodiazepine (mis)use in a Belgian prison population and compares it to other analytical strategies (e.g. screening followed by confirmation of the positive samples). DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS From February to August 1998, 598 persons were jailed of which 188 (31.4% ...