April
2011, Sunnyvale, CA—Dionex
is pleased to
announce an improved method for the determination of carbamates in
rice, potato, and
corn (maize) as specified in AOAC Method 2007.01 and
European
Union standard EN 15662, 2008.
Application
Note 272: Faster Yet
Sensitive Determination of N-Methylcarbamates
in Rice, Potato, and Corn by HPLC demonstrates
accurate results using this new application
on an UltiMate®
3000
high-performance
liquid chromatography (HPLC) system with an Acclaim®
Carbamate
column and detection
performed using an FLD-3400RS
fluorescence detector.
The
N-methylcarbamates
and the N-methylcarbamoximes
are among the most widely used pesticides in agriculture. Because
these pesticides
may create health problems—including issues impacting the central
nervous and reproductive systems—concerns over the
presence of carbamate residues in water, crops, and food products
have promoted increased awareness and testing for these compounds.
This application provides detection in crops of the same pesticides
specified in U.S. EPA guidelines for monitoring the presence
of carbamate pesticides and related compounds in raw surface water
using EPA
Method 531.2.
Dionex
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of liquid chromatography and sample preparation systems,
consumables, and software for chemical analysis. The company’s
systems are used worldwide in environmental analysis and by
the life sciences, chemical, petrochemical, food and beverage, power
generation, and electronics industries. Our expertise in applications
and instrumentation helps analytical scientists to evaluate and
develop pharmaceuticals, establish environmental regulations,
and produce better industrial products.
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