Chiral Pollutants: Distribution, Toxicity and Analysis by Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis

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Chiral Pollutants: Distribution, Toxicity and Analysis by Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis

Author(s): Imran Ali (Author), Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein (Author)

  • Publisher: Wiley
  • Publication Date: May 21, 2004
  • Edition: 1st
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 368 pages
  • ISBN-10: 0470867809
  • ISBN-13: 9780470867808

Book Description

Today, among the various chiral discrimination methods, chromatography and capillary electrophoresis techniques have become powerful tools in environmental analysis. Therefore, there is a need to describe the art of the determination of the chiral pollutants in the environmental matrices.  This book provides the complete information on the types of the chiral pollutants, their toxicities and methods of determination by chromatography and capillary electrophoresis.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“…serves as already source of information on various aspects of chiral compounds and their toxicity.” (E-STREAMS, February 2005)

“…a very timely book, well illustrated and referenced (up to 2003) and very pleasant to read…” (International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Vol.84, No.14 – 15, 10 – 20 December 2004)

From the Inside Flap

The chiral analysis of environmental pollutants is a fairly recent development and attracts scientists needing to investigate the toxicity of enantiomers. For example, approximately 25% of agrochemicals are chiral in nature, including pesticides that are applied as their racemates in agricultural and forestry activities. To predict the exact toxicity of pollutants the determination of the concentration of both enantiomers in environmental matrices is essential. Various approaches to chiral resolution have been developed for the analysis of pharmaceuticals and drugs but this is the first text to present detailed metholodology on the chiral separation of pollutants.

This book is divided into 10 chapters: the first is an introduction to the principles of chirality; Chapters 2 to 9 discuss the sources, distribution, biotransformation, toxicity, sample preparation and chiral resolution of environmental pollutants by chromatography and capillary electrophoresis. In addition, the optimization of experimental parameters for chromatographic and capillary electrophoretic techniques is presented, making this book a useful ‘how to’ guide to chiral pollutants analysis. Coverage of the types, structures and properties of chiral stationary phases and their applications for the analysis of chiral pollutants is also presented. The concluding chapter reports on chiral legislation globally, and presents perspectives which could guide future research in this area.

This book will be of interest to researchers in biology, analytical chemistry and the environmental in industry, academia and governmental regulatory agencies.

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