Archive for the ‘Bioanalytical Highlights’ Category

May’s Bioanalytical Highlights

Welcome to this month’s bioanalytical highlights, keeping you up to date with latest developments in elemental analysis with a biological twist. All articles are free to read until June 30th.

The potential for a carbon stable isotope biomarker of dietary sugar intake
A. Hope Jahren, Joshua N. Bostic and Brenda M. Davy
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 795An image showing Egeria densa gorwing and spectra showing 134Cs, 137Cs, and 40K

A new closed-vessel conductively heated digestion system: fostering plant analysis by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy
Kelber Miranda, Edenir Rodrigues Pereira-Filho and José Anchieta Gomes Neto
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 825

Radiocesium accumulation in Egeria densa, a submerged plant – possible mechanism of cesium absorption
Hikaru Kowata, Yoshiyasu Nagakawa, Noboru Sakurai, Akiko Hokura, Yasuko Terada, Hiroshi Hasegawa and Emiko Harada
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 868

Speciation analysis of sugar phosphates via anion exchange chromatography combined with inductively coupled plasma dynamic reaction cell mass spectrometry – optimization for the analysis of yeast cell extracts
Dinh Binh Chu, Kristaps Klavins, Gunda Koellensperger and Stephan Hann
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 915

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April’s Bioanalytical Highlights

Welcome to this month’s bioanalytical highlights, keeping you up to date with latest developments in elemental analysis with a biological twist. All articles are free to read until May 25th.The emerging role of carbon isotope ratio determination in health research and medical diagnostics

The emerging role of carbon isotope ratio determination in health research and medical diagnostics
Daniel E. Bütz, Shanon L. Casperson and Leah D. Whigham
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 594 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50327E

Changes in breath carbon isotope composition as a potential biomarker of inflammatory acute phase response in mechanically ventilated pediatric patients
Juan P. Boriosi, Dennis G. Maki, Rhonda A. Yngsdal-Krenz, Ellen R. Wald, Warren P. Porter, Mark E. Cook and Daniel E. Bütz
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 599 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50331C

The expired breath carbon delta value is a marker for the onset of sepsis in a swine model
Daniel E. Bütz, Samantha L. Morello, Jordan Sand, G. Neil Holland and Mark E. Cook
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 606 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50340B

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March’s Bioanalytical Highlights

Welcome to this month’s bioanalytical highlights, keeping you up to date with latest developments in elemental analysis with a biological twist. All articles are free to read until April 22nd.

Atomic spectrometry update: Review of advances in the analysis of clinical and biological materials, foods and beverages
Andrew Taylor, Martin P. Day, Sarah Hill, John Marshall, Marina Patriarca and Mark White
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 386 DOI:10.1039/C4JA90001DImage of the graphical abstract for the paper 'The influence of menstrual blood loss and age on the isotopic composition of Cu, Fe and Zn in human whole blood'

The influence of menstrual blood loss and age on the isotopic composition of Cu, Fe and Zn in human whole blood
Lana Van Heghe, Olivier Deltombe, Joris Delanghe, Herman Depypere and Frank Vanhaecke
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 478 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50269D

The coordination core of Ag(I) N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes with anticancer properties as revealed by synchrotron radiation X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Marco Giorgetti, Giuliana Aquilanti, Maura Pellei and Valentina Gandin
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 491 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50242B

A simplified protocol for measurement of Ca isotopes in biological samples
Théo Tacail, Emmanuelle Albalat, Philippe Télouk and Vincent Balter
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 529 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50337B

An inter-laboratory comparison of high precision stable isotope ratio measurements for nanoparticle tracing in biological samples
Fiona Larner, Brian Gulson, Maxine McCall, Yalchin Oytam and Mark Rehkämper
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 471 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50322D

A critical overview of Cr speciation analysis based on high performance liquid chromatography and spectrometric techniques
Janez Ščančar and Radmila Milačič
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 427 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50198AA graph showing results taken from the paper 'A simplified protocol for measurement of Ca isotopes in biological samples'

Rapid identification of phosphorus containing proteins in electrophoresis gel spots by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, LIBS
Nadir Aras and Şerife Yalçın
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 545 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50225B

The effect of paraformaldehyde fixation and sucrose cryoprotection on metal concentration in murine neurological tissue
Dominic J. Hare, Jessica L. George, Lisa Bray, Irene Volitakis, Angela Vais, Timothy M. Ryan, Robert A. Cherny, Ashley I. Bush, Colin L. Masters, Paul A. Adlard, Philip A. Doble and David I. Finkelstein
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 565 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50281C

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February’s Bioanalytical Highlights

Welcome to this month’s bioanalytical highlights, keeping you up to date with latest developments in elemental analysis with a biological twist. All articles are free to read until April 15th.

DOTA based metal labels for protein quantification: a reviewSchematic showing current developments in clinical sample preconcentration prior to elemental analysis by atomic spectrometry: a comprehensive literature review
Gunnar Schwarz, Larissa Mueller, Sebastian Beck and Michael W. Linscheid
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 221 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50277E

Current developments in clinical sample preconcentration prior to elemental analysis by atomic spectrometry: a comprehensive literature review
Tsz-Shan Lum, Yeuk-Ki Tsoi and Kelvin Sze-Yin Leung
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 234 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50316J

Analytical method for total chromium and nickel in urine using an inductively coupled plasma-universal cell technology-mass spectrometer (ICP-UCT-MS) in kinetic energy discrimination (KED) mode
C. Derrick Quarles, Deanna R. Jones, Jeffery M. Jarrett, Gulchekhra Shakirova, Yi Pan, Kathleen L. Caldwell and Robert L. Jones
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 297 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50272D

Evaluation of electrothermal vaporization as a sample introduction technique for the determination of trace elements in biological samples by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, following dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction
Juliano Carvalho Ramos and Daniel L. G. Borges
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 304 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50295C

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