Volume: 8

Issue: 30

Contents:

BrJAC Nº 30 brings an Editorial titled “Multifaces of Modern Analytical Chemistry” by Prof. Dr. Érico Flores; Interview: Prof. Dr. Pablo Richter, the inventor of the Rotating-Disk Sorptive Extraction technique, kindly spoke to BrJAC; Point of View: “Toward Fast and Simple yet Reliable Alternative Arsenic Speciation Methods” by Prof. Dr. Victor G. Mihucz; Letter: “Polymorphic Forms of Chocolate: Application of Solid-State Characterization in the Food Industry” by Renan Dezena; a Review: “Key information related to quality by design (QbD) applications in analytical methods development”; two Articles: “Effects of UV Radiation on Paper: A Chromatic Study” and “Synthesis, Isolation and Characterization of three acid and alkaline hydrolytic products of Nimodipine and Development of a valid RP-HPLC method”; and a Technical Note: “Multi-Element Determination of Trace Elements in B7-diesel Oil by High-Resolution Continuum Source Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry”.

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Editorial

Multifaces of Modern Analytical Chemistry

Érico M. M. Flores
Full Professor
Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil

“BrJAC arrived at a good time for analytical chemistry, which is currently one of the most vigorous fields, with researchers cited among the top scientists in the world.”

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Interview

The inventor of the Rotating-Disk Sorptive Extraction technique kindly spoke to BrJAC

Pablo Richter
Full Professor
Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Chile

“For me, being the Director of CENMA was a very important challenge because it involved setting up and then running a very complete analytical lab in all areas of …”

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Point of View

Toward Fast and Simple yet Reliable Alternative Arsenic Speciation Methods

Victor G. Mihucz
Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary

“… it would be useful to develop alternative, cost-effective yet reliable analytical methods extensible to as many As species in different matrixes as possible...”

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Letter

Polymorphic Forms of Chocolate: Application of Solid-State Characterization in the Food Industry

Renan M.B. Dezena
Preformulation Specialist in the Pharmaceutical Industry, SP, Brazil

“The perception of chocolate palate is directly related to the crystallographic structure, particle size range, geometry and spatial arrangement.”

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Review

Key information related to quality by design (QbD) applications in analytical methods development

Alisson Silva Araújo, Daniel Fernandes Andrade, Diego Victor Babos, Jeyne Pricylla Castro, José Augusto Garcia, Marco Aurelio Sperança, Raimundo Rafael Gamela, Raquel Cardoso Machado, Vinícius Câmara Costa, Wesley Nascimento Guedes, Edenir Rodrigues Pereira-Filho and Fabíola Manhas Verbi Pereira

In this review, quality by design (QbD) initiatives are described as applications for many types of processes, such as in the pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology field, and for analytical methods development.

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Articles

Effects of UV Radiation on Paper: A Chromatic Study

Melania Jiménez-Reyes, Dolores Tenorio, Genoveva García-Rosales, Jaime Jiménez-Becerril, Gabriel Edgar Luna-Castro

A study on Whatman#1, bond, rice, kraft, and amate papers in their original condition and exposed to 2.25, 4.5, 6.75, and 9 W of Ultraviolet-C radiation is presented. No changes were found in these papers, length and width of fibers, chemical composition, pH, pyrolysis characteristics, or FTIR and XRD patterns after irradiation.

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Synthesis, Isolation and Characterization of three acid and alkaline hydrolytic products of Nimodipine and Development of a valid RP-HPLC method for simultaneous determination of Nimodipine and Citicoline sodium in the presence of Nimodipine degradation products in Bulk and Tablets

Ayman Abo Elmaaty Mohamed

In this study, three degradation products of nimodipine were synthesized, isolated and characterized with aid of FTIR spectroscopy, 1H-NMR as well as LC-MS/MS after exposing to drastic acidic and alkaline conditions.

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Technical Note

Multi-Element Determination of Trace Elements in B7-diesel Oil by High-Resolution Continuum Source Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

Heldiane S. dos Santos, Alexandre de Jesus, Diane O. Laroque, Clarisse M. S. Piatnicki, Márcia M. da Silva

In this work, a method for sequential multi-element determination of Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Zn, Al, Cr and Sn in B7-diesel oil samples by high-resolution continuum source flame atomic absorption spectrometry (HR-CS FAAS) was proposed.

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Features

Analytical Chemistry in the Fight for Life

A test for COVID-19 that employs artificial intelligence algorithms and a test based on the analysis of specific peptides from SARS-CoV-2 proteins were developed in Brazil.

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BrJAC Young Talent in Analytical Chemistry Award 2020

The winner of the 2020 award was Prof. Dr. Wendell Coltro, Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of Chemistry at the Federal University of Goiás, Brazil.

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Live BrJAC Webinars – Check out the recent BrJAC initiative

In 2020, to remain connected to its readers, BrJAC held 4 live webinars. A scientific book was drawn in each webinar. A new webinar schedule will be offered by BrJAC in 2021.

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Sponsor Reports

Total Fat Determination in any Matrix by Simultaneous, Robust and Comprehensive Hydrolysis and Extraction Microwave Approach

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Rapid Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Residual Solvents in Food Packaging by Static Headspace coupled to GC-FID/MS

A HS autosampler coupled to a single quad GC-MS system represents a robust analytical configuration for quantitative analysis of residual solvents in food packaging.

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Speciation of Bromine Compounds in Ozonated Drinking Water using Ion Chromatography and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Combining the resolving capability of IC with the detection power of ICP-MS allows fast, easy and reliable analysis of bromine species in drinking waters.

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Sponsor Releases

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ETHOS™ X Microwave – Gain Productivity in Fat Determination on any Matrix

A more modern, greener and more efficient approach to total fat, FAME and free fat determinations in food and feed matrices.

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Releases

Pittcon 2021 Conference & Expo is going Virtual!

Pittcon is adapting to an ever-changing world. Pittcon 2021, the 72nd annual edition of the analytical chemistry conference and exposition, will be held as a virtual event, March 8–12, 2021.

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SelectScience® informs through Editorial, Q&A and Application Articles, Featured Topics, Event Coverage, Video and Webinars.

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