Analytical methods are the systematic procedures used to identify, separate, characterize, and quantify the chemical constituents of a sample, forming the foundation of quality control, diagnostics, and research across the pharmaceutical, food, environmental, and biomedical sciences. They divide broadly into qualita…
Analytical methods are the systematic procedures used to identify, separate, characterize, and quantify the chemical constituents of a sample, forming the foundation of quality control, diagnostics, and research across the pharmaceutical, food, environmental, and biomedical sciences. They divide broadly into qualitative methods that establish identity and quantitative methods that measure concentration, and their validation, encompassing accuracy, precision, specificity, linearity, and limits of detection and quantitation, is essential to reliable measurement. Chromatographic and mass-spectrometric techniques are central, including high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection for pharmaceutical assay, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for food safety, and gas and liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry for contaminants of emerging concern. Spectroscopic and spectrofluorimetric methods enable sensitive quantitation of drug substances in dosage forms, while elemental and trace-element analysis by neutron activation and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry supports the study of tissue composition and the discrimination of pathological from normal tissue. Antioxidant capacity assays and metabolomic approaches further illustrate the application of analytical chemistry to biological and nutritional questions. The journal publishes peer-reviewed method-development, validation, and application studies employing chromatographic, spectroscopic, mass-spectrometric, and elemental techniques for the analysis of pharmaceuticals, foods, environmental samples, and biological tissues.
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