LC-MS

With growing concerns over a multitude of food risks, accurate and sensitive analytical tools are needed to ensure food safety. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) has become an indispensable method for food safety testing and quality control, capable of detecting and quantifying even trace amounts of numerous contaminants and harmful species in food.

In this article, we consider how LC-MS works, what it tells us and highlight some of the technique's strengths and weaknesses.

The technological developments and widespread acceptance of quantitative LC-MS have become integral to the daily research of scientists – particularly to proteomics.

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