Wastewater samples collected from two sewage treatment plants (STPs) in Guangzhou, China were acidified, solid-phase extracted (SPE) with Oasis HLB cartridges, followed by instrumental measurement by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with a diode array UV detector (DAD) and a fluorescence detector (FLD) for the occurrence and fate of antimicrobial compounds sulfadiazine (SDZ...

PURPOSE: High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography (GC) are most commonly used for the measurement of the insensitive munition constituent 2,4 dinitroanisole (DNAN). These methods require investments in equipment, supplies, labor, and training. A screening method was investigated and validated as a low-cost alternative for ecotoxicology testing to quickly quantify DNA...

two continuously regenerating traps crt-a and crt-b were evaluated under the controlled carbonyl emissions from a turbocharged diesel engine run on an ac electrical dynamometer. the gas-phase carbonyls were taken in silica gel cartridges coated with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine both upstream (baseline) and downstream of the traps, and a total of fourteen carbonyls were identified and then quantif...

To examine the composition of lanostanoids in Ganoderma lucidum, we have developed a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) method by using the ganoderic acids isolated in our laboratory as reference standards. The identity of 14 peaks in the high performance liquid chromatogram (HPLC) of G. lucidum has been confirmed. By using the HPLC retention times of these ganoderic acids and thei...

the efficacy of activation methods and coupling were studied in the context of performance in batch and fixed bed binding experiments utilizing cell culture fluids or blood plasma as feedstock. conclusions were drawn regarding selection of solid phase according to pore size, rigidity, ph stability, chemistry of derivation and activation, and gross concentration of immobilized ligand required fo...

background: a simple and sensitive high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry method has been evaluated for the assignment of clonidine hydrochloride in human plasma. methods: the mobile phase composed of acetonitrile-water 60:40 (v/v) and 0.2% formic acid 20 µl of sample was chromatographically analyzed using a repacked zorbax-xdb-ods c18 column (2.1 mmx30...

a simple, rapid and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic (hplc) method for the determination of risperidone in human plasma was developed. an hplc system based on a nucleosil c8 column (150?4 mm) and a uv detector (?= 280 nm) were used. a mixture of sodium dihydrogen phosphate buffer-acetonitrile (55:45, v/v) adjusted to ph 6.0 at a flow rate of 1.5 ml min-1 was used as mobile phas...

background aflatoxins are one of the most potent toxic substances that occur naturally. nowadays extensive attention has been taken to their existence in food and environment, as there is the possibility of harm to humans following chronic exposure to extremely low levels via food chain. aflatoxin m1 (afm1) is a hepatic carcinogenic metabolite found in the milk of lactating animals fed with con...

Three psychoactive arylcyclohexylamines, advertised as "research chemicals," were obtained from an online retailer and characterized by gas chromatography ion trap electron and chemical ionization mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and diode array detection. The three phencyclidines were identified as 2-(ethylamino)-2-(3-methoxyphenyl)cyclohexanone (methoxetamine), N-eth...