Background and Objectives: A method was developed and validated for determining 15 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in refined olive and refined pomace olive oils using high performance liquid chromatography coupled with a fluorescence detector. Materials and Methods: The sample preparation involved liquid–liquid extraction with organic solvent and low temperature clean-up. The low temp...

To study the phasing-out of the quaternary ammonium surfactant ditallowdimethylammonium cation (DTDMAC), concentrations of the cation in anaerobically stabilized sewage sludges were determined before and after its replacement by better degradable compounds. DTDMAC was quantitatively extracted from digested sludges using 380 atm of supercritical CO(2) modified with 30% methanol at 100 °C. Determ...

Supercritical fluid technologies offer a propitious method for drug discovery from natural sources. Such methods require relatively short processing times, produce extracts with little or no organic co-solvent, and are able to extract bioactive molecules whilst minimising degradation. Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) provides a range of benefits, as well as offering routes to overcome some ...

Egg consumption, at more than 65 billion per year in the United States, represents a potentially significant source of exposure to drug residues, particularly if the laying hens are treated with antimicrobial compounds or fed a diet containing medicated feed. Residues resulting from the use of chloramphenicol (CAP) is especially problematic if this compound is not used in accordance with nation...

background and objectives: a method was developed and validated for determining 15 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) in refined olive and refined pomace olive oils using high performance liquid chromatography coupled with a fluorescence detector. materials and methods: the sample preparation involved liquid–liquid extraction with organic solvent and low temperature clean-up. the low tempe...

The development of automatized hyphenated systems is attractive to avoid sampling error, save time and reduce costs. Among these systems, on-line SFE-SFC allows the extraction, separation, detection molecules in an efficient, quick eco-friendly way. After a historical introduction explanation on use supercritical fluids for extraction or analysis, principles fluid (SFE) chromatography (SFC) wil...

A reverse phase ultra performance liquid chromatography and photodiode array (UPLC-PDA) detection method was established for the determination of six alkaloids in Zoagumhwan (ZGW), and further for investigating the influence of nonpolar substances on the extraction efficiency of these alkaloids. The method was based on a BEH C(18) (50 mm × 2.1 mm, 1.7 μm) column and mobile phase of aqueous phos...

a solid-phase extraction (spe) method for sample clean-up and preconcentration followed by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (rp-hplc) with uv detection is reported for determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) in the caspian seawater. a good resolution was obtained using acetonitrile:water (40:60) as mobile-phase for separation of these compounds. the effect ...

The challenge of finding scale-up criteria that allow reproducing laboratory data at higher scales is extremely important for the industrial supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) processes. The objective of this work is to investigate the scaleup of SFE from Capsicum frutescens pepper using supercritical CO2, and to evaluate the extraction kinetic curves of oleoresin and capsaicinoids of the lar...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a major class of organic hydrocarbons with high molecular weight that originate from both natural and anthropogenic sources. Sixteen PAHs are included in the U.S Environmental Protection agency list of priority pollutants due to their mutagenic, carcinogenic, toxic and teratogenic properties. In this study, the development and optimization of a simpli...