Advances in Toxins and Narcotics Determination Techniques in China During 2013

Abstract

Recently, toxin and narcotics detection techniques have been developed in China. A number of new technologies have been applied. The pretreatment technologies such as solid-phase extraction (SPE) techniques, solid-phase microextraction (SPME) techniques, hollow-fiber liquid-phase microextraction (HF-LPME) techniques, etc., have matured, and thus have greatly improved both the accuracy and efficiency of the analysis of toxins and narcotics as well as the technical system of analysis. Based on analyses conducted using the traditional methods of gas chromatography (GC) as well as other conventional methods, various new methods of analysis have been gradually discovered and developed. For instance, ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC)-mass spectrometry (MS) and other combination technologies have enriched the variety of detection methods that are available to researchers. These highly precise methods are developed on the basis of and as extensions of traditional applications and still draw the attention of researchers from a variety of disciplines.

Keywords

• Narcotics
• toxicological analysis
• toxins