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Separations, Volume 6, Issue 4

December 2019 - 13 articles

Cover Story: The fishing industry produces large amounts of wastes in fish markets and in processing industries, and part of these unwanted materials are sea urchins’ shells. It would be of interest for a broad audience to reuse shells as an example of circular economy. To this end, we show that convenient extractive techniques exist which are easy to be implemented on the base of automated devices and do not require special expertise. The presented strategy is capable of providing natural essential fatty acids and their esters to be used in a number of diverse industries (e.g. cosmetics, foods, pharmaceutical). View this paper.
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Articles (13)

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,129 Views
24 Pages

Pesticides represent one of the most important groups of analytes in environmental analysis. Moreover, their levels are very frequently determined in food and beverages due to the concern over their possible adverse health effects. Their concentratio...

  • Review
  • Open Access
59 Citations
11,998 Views
27 Pages

Materials for Solid-Phase Extraction of Organic Compounds

  • Núria Fontanals,
  • Rosa M. Marcé and
  • Francesc Borrull

This review provides an overview of the most recent developments involving materials for solid-phase extraction applied to determine organic contaminants. It mainly concerns polymer-based sorbents that include high-capacity, as well as selective sorb...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,373 Views
10 Pages

Continuous chromatography can surmount the disadvantages of batch chromatography like low productivities and extensive usage of consumables. In this work, a 4-column continuous chromatographic system based on the principle of periodic counter-current...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,545 Views
44 Pages

The present review aims to describe the recent and most impactful applications in pollutant analysis using solid-phase microextraction (SPME) technology in environmental, food, and bio-clinical analysis. The covered papers were published in the last...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,208 Views
17 Pages

The current clinical and forensic toxicological analysis of body fluids requires a modern approach to sample preparation characterized by high selectivity and enrichment capability, suitability for micro-samples, simplicity and speed, and the possibi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,040 Views
25 Pages

Biological surfaces such as skin and ocular surface provide a plethora of information about the underlying biological activity of living organisms. However, they pose unique problems arising from their innate complexity, constant exposure of the surf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,566 Views
17 Pages

Current standard approaches for quantitation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in outdoor air are labor-intensive and/or require additional equipment. Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) is a simpler alternative; however, its application is often l...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,598 Views
11 Pages

Fatty Acids from Paracentrotus lividus Sea Urchin Shells Obtained via Rapid Solid Liquid Dynamic Extraction (RSLDE)

  • Maria Michela Salvatore,
  • Martina Ciaravolo,
  • Paola Cirino,
  • Alfonso Toscano,
  • Francesco Salvatore,
  • Monica Gallo,
  • Daniele Naviglio and
  • Anna Andolfi

Sea urchins (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) are good a source of bioactive compounds belonging to different classes of natural substances. The edible Mediterranean sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus is a renowned animal model for study in different fields...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,658 Views
15 Pages

Existing autosamplers are frequently applied only for subjecting the samples to the instruments for injection. In our study, we have set up a TriPlusRSH autosampler mounted on a GC-FID-MS/MS system using the new Method Composer and Script Editor soft...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,603 Views
10 Pages

Background: Oxalic acid constitutes beekeepers′ leading choice for the battle of the parasitic mite Varroa destructor considering its efficacy, low cost, and easy application. Nevertheless, its broad use and reported synergistic effects prompte...

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