Chiral pollutants : distribution, toxicity, and analysis by chromatography and capillary electrophoresis /
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 an...
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| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex, Eng. ; Hoboken, NJ :
J. Wiley,
©2004.
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| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 344 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0470867809 9780470867808 0470867825 9780470867822 9780470867785 0470867787 0470867817 9780470867815 1280276169 9781280276163 9786610276165 6610276161 0470300515 9780470300510 |