title: Halogenated persistent organic pollutants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in food.
abstract: During recent years, mass spectrometry (MS) and hyphenated chromatographic instrumentation and techniques have been a subject of dramatic developments, resulting in the introduction of various useful tools for the analysis of halogenated persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in food and environmental matrices. This chapter describes state-of-the-art in the field of MS as a primary detection tool for the halogenated POPs and PAHs previously separated using either gas chromatography (GC) or liquid chromatography (LC). Since sample preparation practice plays a crucial role for obtaining optimal performance characteristics of a particular analytical method, a brief overview of sample extraction and clean-up procedures in the POPs/PAHs analysis is also briefly outlined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Chemistry and Analysis, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic. tomas.cajka@vscht.cz
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cajka
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hajslova
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons