Advanced Mass Spectrometry for Food Safety and Quality - Wilson & Wilson's Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry Hardcover

Book Synopsis

Advanced Mass Spectrometry for Food Safety and Quality provides information on recent advancements made in mass spectrometry-based techniques and their applications in food safety and quality, also covering the major challenges associated with implementing these technologies for more effective identification of unknown compounds, food profiling, or candidate biomarker discovery.

Recent advances in mass spectrometry technologies have uncovered tremendous opportunities for a range of food-related applications. However, the distinctive characteristics of food, such as the wide range of the different components and their extreme complexity present enormous challenges. This text brings together the most recent data on the topic, providing an important resource towards greater food safety and quality.

Review Quotes

"...well written and comprehensive, and covers most of the current aspects of advanced MS for food safety and quality...an authoritative reference in the expanding field of food analysis." --Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

"...a useful guide for food scientists, analytical chemists, microbiologists, toxicologists, and all those who use mass spectrometry for evaluating food quality and safety or interested in high throughput screening strategies and technology platforms." --Acta Alimentaria