TY - JOUR
AU - Pico, Yolanda
AB -  The analysis of food and environmental samples for pesticide residues provides chemists with a difficult challenge due to the diverse physicochemical properties of these contaminants. Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) has become an essential tool in this field because of the capability of the MS detector and the applicability of LC to a wide range of molecules. Mass spectrometry detection, and especially, tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) and the recently improved high resolving power instruments, seems to be a very good alternative both in terms of detection levels, that is, in the low‐nanogram range, and structural information with the possibility of identifying unknown compounds. To recognize the importance of the subject and provide the readers of the journal of Mass Spectrometry Reviews a perspective of the current trends in “LC–MS, pesticides, food, and the environment,” this special issue contains five up‐to‐date, state‐of‐the‐art reviews of the many different applications of mass spectrometry to this topic. An attempt has been made not only to give an outline of the LC–MS techniques, but also to indicate, by means of a few examples, how useful the different devices are and where they are at their limits. This issue will be helpful not only for 
TI - Editorial: Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry, pesticides, food, and the environment
JF - Mass Spectrometry Reviews
DO - 10.1002/mas.20095
DA - 2006-11-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/editorial-liquid-chromatography-mass-spectrometry-pesticides-food-and-4yiV4OPvqE
SP - 837
EP - 837
VL - 25
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -