Mass spectrometry instruments measure the mass to charge ratio of ions, from which we
infer the molecular structures. They are key tools for investigating the incredibly diverse …

As herbal medicines have an important position in health care systems worldwide, their
current assessment and quality control are a major bottleneck. Over the past decade, major …

Egyptian hieroglyphs, Chinese scrolls, and Ayurvedic literature record physicians
administering aromatic oils to their patients. Today society looks to science to document …

Covering: up to 2013. Plant metabolomics is a relatively recent research field that has
gained increasing interest in the past few years. Up to the present day numerous review …

This article is a short overview of the state of the art in essential oil analysis. Several aspects
of the analysis of essential oils and volatile fraction of vegetable matrices are here critically …

Mentha piperita L. essential oil (EO) is employed for external use as antipruritic, astringent,
rubefacient and antiseptic. Several studies demonstrated its significant antiviral, antifungal …

Variations in the essential oil composition of Salvia officinalis L. growing in Estonia and in
other European countries were determined. The oils were obtained in yields of 2.2–24.8 mL …

The present contribution is an overview of the state-of-the-art of fast gas chromatography
coupled to mass spectrometry (fast GC-MS). Specifically, published papers over the last ten …

Монография, написанная в результате анализа новейшей научной литературы и
обобщения собственного многолетнего опыта автора, представляет собой полное …

The key to rapid temperature programmed separations with gas chromatography are a fast,
low-volume injection and a short microbore separation column with fast resistive heating …