Sample preparation for chromatography: an African perspective.
Africa as a continent has its unique challenges for analytical chemists in sample preparation for chromatographic analyses. The areas of agriculture, environment, food and health provide formidable challenges when it comes to method development, for example, drought can result in inadequate supplies of good quality water. The testing of water quality necessitates the development of assay methods that can be employed to not only determine the quantities of pesticides associated with malaria and tsetse fly eradication programmes, but also to monitor mycotoxins or neurotoxins. Urbanisation has also meant that endocrine disruptors such as phthalate esters need to be monitored. This review will profile some of the activities by analytical chemists practising in the African continent, who seek to address some of the challenges in sample preparation for chromatographic analyses.
Torto
Nelson
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Department of Chemistry, University of Botswana, P/Bag UB 00704, Gaborone, Botswana. torton@mopipi.ub.bw
Mmualefe
Lesego C
LC
Mwatseteza
Jonas F
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Nkoane
Bonang
B
Chimuka
L
L
Nindi
M M
MM
Ogunfowokan
A O
AO
D000349:Africa; D053000:Analytic Sample Preparation Methods / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D052244:Endocrine Disruptors / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis; D017551:Microdialysis / Q000379:methods; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000032:analysis; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000032:analysis; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis; D010795:Phthalic Acids / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis
D052244:Endocrine Disruptors; D007306:Insecticides; D009183:Mycotoxins; D009498:Neurotoxins; D010575:Pesticides; D010795:Phthalic Acids; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical