Comparison of peak integration methods for the determination of enantiomeric fraction in environmental samples

Chemosphere

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1042-1048

  Asher, Brian J ^a   D'Agostino, Lisa A ^a   Way, Jenilee D ^a   Wong, Charles S ^a,b   Harynuk, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chiral separations; Deconvolution; EF; Enantiomeric fraction; Integration

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC PEAKS; CHIRAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; CHIRAL SEPARATIONS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC DATUM; CHROMATOGRAPHIC PEAKS; DECONVOLUTION METHODS; EF; ENANTIOMERIC COMPOSITIONS; ENANTIOMERIC FRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES; INTEGRATION METHODS; LOW RESOLUTIONS; PEAK INTEGRATIONS; PEAK RESOLUTIONS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; SIMULATED DATUM; SOURCE APPORTIONMENTS;

CHIRALITY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONVOLUTION; ENANTIOMERS; POLLUTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

INTEGRATION;

ASYMMETRY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; POLLUTANT; WEATHERING;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHIRALITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECONVOLUTION METHOD; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOMERIC FRACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PARAMETER; POLLUTANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; VALLEY DROP METHOD;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 65049085389     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.01.041     Document Type: Article

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