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Advancing the Characterization and Quality Control of Botanical Extracts with Mass Spectrometry
Bio-Botanica is a leading manufacturer of 500+ quality botanical extracts for the cosmetic, personal care, pharmaceutical, and nutraceutical industries. With a continuing focus on innovation, Bio-Botanica has pioneered numerous advancements in the botanical field over its 40+ year history. Working in close collaboration with R&D, manufacturing, and QC, Bio-Botanica’s Department of Pharmacognosy is a critical contributor...
Analysis of Food Contact Materials
Food Contact Materials (FCMs) cover a variety of materials and articles that come in contact with food during its lifetime, from food manufacturing through to preparation in our own kitchens. Food contact materials can be constructed from a variety of materials such as plastics, rubber, paper, coatings, metals etc. The interest in food contact material’s...
Make the Most of Your CDS Data
Are you being asked to reduce laboratory costs and increase laboratory efficiency while ensuring your data meets regulatory expectations? The amount of data being produced by your chromatography data system (CDS) increases every year. Being able to acquire, process and report your data efficiently and effectively can be a significant challenge. Being able to find...
Enantioseparation and detection of triazole fungicides in wheat grain and wheat straw using Convergence Chromatography and mass spectrometry
The safe use of crop protection products is of paramount importance to the agricultural chemicals manufacturing industry. Extensive studies and trials are carried out in support of product registration. These studies ensure that any risks associated with using the product are characterized and properly understood so that it can be safely applied to the field....
Discovery OMICS for Food Authenticity Testing
There is increased concern regarding the authenticity of basmati rice throughout the world. For years, traders have been passing off a lesser quality rice as the world’s finest long-grained, aromatic rice, basmati, in key markets like the US, Canada and the EU. A proof of principle method has been established to assess the authenticity of basmati...
Killing the cancer while keeping the patient healthy: ADCs
One of the opportunities for personalized medicine is that by targeting a disease, can you eliminate the side effects of the cure? Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) are one next-generation therapeutic approach that may have an answer. As the Cleveland Clinic notes, “Chemotherapy, the only form of treatment available for treating some cancers, destroys cancer cells...
The Elephant in Your Laboratory
It’s a critical part of your laboratory. It contributes to the overall productivity and is the foundation to simplify your overall operations. Everyone is acutely aware of its day-to-day challenges, has common concerns, and can recognize the potential risks, but nobody wants to talk about it. No, it’s not the newly installed coffee machine in...
Increasing the Efficiency and Accuracy of Pesticide Residue Screening in Food using Microfluidic Chromatography and Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
With the ever-increasing number of compounds that need to be monitored at low concentrations in a wide variety of complex food commodities, pesticide residue analysis in food has become a more challenging task. There is a need for qualitative multi-analyte screening strategies that are capable of efficiently detecting residue violations to protect consumer safety. Because...