TY - CHAP
T1 - Food and Environmental Samples Handling and Preparation for Mass Spectrometry
AU - Nomngongo, Philiswa Nosizo
AU - Nqombolo, Azile
AU - Mpupa, Anele
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - In current food safety and environmental monitoring, mass spectrometry methodologies are widely used for identification and quantification of various substances. However, studies have shown that various compounds in food and environment samples are found at ultra-trace concentration levels and the complexity of the sample matrix might limit the performance of selective and sensitive analytical method. Therefore, selection of a proper sampling strategy and sample preparation methods plays a critical role in achieving accurate and reliable results. Thus, this chapter is mainly focused on the recent trends in sample handling and preparation of food and environmental samples prior to MS analysis. Methodologies regarding mass spectrometry coupled with chromatographic separation have been reviewed to highlight the improvement in the analytical determinations of various compounds in food and environmental samples.
AB - In current food safety and environmental monitoring, mass spectrometry methodologies are widely used for identification and quantification of various substances. However, studies have shown that various compounds in food and environment samples are found at ultra-trace concentration levels and the complexity of the sample matrix might limit the performance of selective and sensitive analytical method. Therefore, selection of a proper sampling strategy and sample preparation methods plays a critical role in achieving accurate and reliable results. Thus, this chapter is mainly focused on the recent trends in sample handling and preparation of food and environmental samples prior to MS analysis. Methodologies regarding mass spectrometry coupled with chromatographic separation have been reviewed to highlight the improvement in the analytical determinations of various compounds in food and environmental samples.
KW - Environmental monitoring
KW - Food samples
KW - Sample handling
KW - Solid phase extraction
KW - Stir-bar-sorptive extraction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85144741303&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/698_2022_891
DO - 10.1007/698_2022_891
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85144741303
T3 - Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
SP - 25
EP - 51
BT - Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
ER -