Environmental contamination is leading to toxic elements such as lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd), entering the food chain. Being the most widely consumed cereal grain in Asia/China, rice can quickly pick ...

Agilent Technologies has launched a sample preparation product for high fat samples that it claims gives labs a better way to address ‘one of their most challenging tasks’. The Agilent Bond Elut ...

There are two ways in which 'difficult' samples are usually categorized: either by the problems posed by the physical nature of the post-vivo sample matrix containing the chemical entity to be ...

Solid-phase extraction has several advantages over liquid/liquid extraction for extractables and leachables studies. An extractable/leachable (E/L) study is routinely performed on the materials ...

A recent article explained the role of Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) in the analytics laboratory. The current article focuses on reviewing the technology used for preparing volatile ...