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Metabolism of N-ethylhexedrone and buphedrone: An in vivo study in mice using HPLC-MS/MS
Elsevier (2020-08-25)N-ethylhexedrone (NEH) and buphedrone (BUPH) are synthetic drugs structurally related to natural cathinone. These synthetic cathinones (SC) are members of the heterogenous family of new psychoactive substances (NPS), which ... -
Metabolomic approaches for orange origin discrimination by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry
Elsevier (2014)In this work, hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer (QTOF MS) coupled to ultra high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) has been used for biomarkers identification for correct authentication of Valencia ... -
Methods involved in the treatment of four representative pharmaceuticals in hospital wastewater using sonochemical and biological processes
Elsevier (2023)A primary pollution source by pharmaceuticals is hospital wastewater (HWW). Herein, the methods involved in the action of a biological system (BS, aerobic activated sludge) or a sonochemical treatment (US, 375 kHz and ... -
Monitoring a large number of pesticides and transformation products in water samples from Spain and Italy
Elsevier (2017-07)Assessing the presence of pesticides in environmental waters is particularly challenging because of the huge number of substances used which may end up in the environment. Furthermore, the occurrence of pesticide transformation ... -
Monitoring new psychoactive substances use through wastewater analysis: current situation, challenges and limitations
Elsevier (2019-06)New psychoactive substances (NPSs) are compounds that produce similar effects to those induced by illicit drugs (IDs), such as cocaine, cannabis, and amphetamines, but are not strictly regulated by international conventions. ... -
Monitoring pharmaceuticals and personal care products in reservoir water used for drinking water supply
Springer (2017-03)In this work, the presence of selected emerging contaminants has been investigated in two reservoirs, La Fe (LF) and Rio Grande (RG), which supply water to two drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs) of Medellin, one of ... -
Monitoring psychoactive substance use at six European festivals through wastewater and pooled urine analysis
Elsevier (2020-07-10)The consumption of psychoactive substances is considered a growing problem in many communities. Moreover, new psychoactive substances (NPS) designed as (legal) substitutes to traditional illicit drugs are relatively easily ... -
Multi-class determination of around 50 pharmaceuticals, including 26 antibiotics, in environmental and wastewater samples by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography¿tandem mass spectrometry.
© 2011 Elsevier (2011-04)A multi-class method for the simultaneous quantification and confirmation of 47 pharmaceuticals in environmental and wastewater samples has been developed. The target list of analytes included analgesic and anti-inflammatories, ... -
Multi-class determination of personal care products and pharmaceuticals in environmental and wastewater samples by ultra-high performance liquid-chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
Elsevier (2012-09)In this work, a multi-class method for the simultaneous determination of 17 emerging contaminants, including pharmaceuticals and personal care products, has been developed. Target analytes were two anti-inflammatories, a ... -
Multi-residue determination of 130 multiclass pesticides in fruits and vegetables by gas chromatography coupled to triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry
Springer Verlag (2010)A multi-residue method has been developed and validated for the simultaneous quantification and confirmation of around 130 multiclass pesticides in orange, nectarine and spinach samples by GC-MS/MS with triple quadrupole ... -
Multi-residue determination of pesticides in tropical fruits using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry
Springer (2012-03)Monitoring pesticide residues in tropical fruits is of great interest for many countries, e.g., from South America, that base an important part of their economy on the exportation of these products. In this work, a LC-MS/MS ... -
Multi-year interlaboratory exercises for the analysis of illicit drugs and metabolites in wastewater: development of a quality control system
Elsevier (2018)This study presents the development of a worldwide inter-laboratory testing scheme for the analysis of seven illicit drug residues in different matrices (standard solutions, tap- and wastewater). By repeating this exercise ... -
Multiclass determination of 66 organic micropollutants in environmental water samples by fast gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
Springer (2012-03)A multiresidue method has been developed for quantification and identification of 66 multiclass priority organic pollutants in water by fast gas chromatography (GC) coupled to mass spectrometry (MS). Capabilities and ... -
Multiple Spiking Species-Specific Isotope Dilution Analysis by Molecular Mass Spectrometry: Simultaneous Determination of Inorganic Mercury and Methylmercury in Fish Tissues
American Chemical Society (2010)This work demonstrates, for the first time, the applicability of multiple spiking isotope dilution analysis to molecular mass spectrometry exemplified by the speciation analysis of mercury using GC(EI)MS instrumentation. ... -
N-Acetylcysteine boosts xenobiotic detoxification in shellfish
Elsevier (2014-09)Water pollution represents a threat of increasing importance to human health. Bivalve mollusks are filter-feeding organisms that can accumulate chemical and microbiological contaminants in their tissues from very low ... -
Necroptosis induced by ruthenium (II) complexes as mitochondrial disruptors
Springer Nature (2024-05-28)Inducing necroptosis in cancer cells has emerged as an effective strategy to overcome drug resistance. However, while organic small molecules have been extensively studied for this purpose, metal-based compounds have ... -
New insights into the search of meat quality biomarkers assisted by Orbitrap Tribrid untargeted metabolite analysis and chemometrics
Elsevier (2023)Metabolite profiles of normal and defective dry, firm and dark (DFD) meat extracts with known ultimate pH (pHu) values were determined by Orbitrap Tribrid ID-X untargeted analysis coupled to chemometrics. An intelligent ... -
No transfer of the non-regulated mycotoxins, beauvericin and enniatins, from feeds to farmed fish reared on plant-based diets
Elsevier (2020-09-01)Concern about the risk of exposure to emerging plant-derived mycotoxins such as beauvericin and enniatins has been addressed by the European Commission who requested the European Food Safety Authority for a scientific ... -
Non-target screening and human risk assessment for adult and child populations of semi-volatile organic compounds in residential indoor dust in Spain
Elsevier (2023-08-18)In this work, an analytical strategy based on non-target screening of semi-volatile organic compounds and subsequent risk assessment for adult and child populations has been conducted for the first time in household indoor ... -
Non-target screening with high-resolution mass spectrometry: critical review using a collaborative trial on water analysis
Springer Verlag (2015-05)In this article, a dataset from a collaborative nontarget screening trial organised by the NORMAN Association is used to review the state-of-the-art and discuss future perspectives of non-target screening using ...