Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME) has been introduced as a modern alternative to current
sample preparation technology, and has a wide range of applications. Focusing on …

Solid phase microextraction (SPME) is a convenient and efficient extraction method that
involves using a thin polymer film coating on a fine silica fiber to adsorb analytes of interests …

Solid phase microextraction (SPME) has remarkable advantages in headspace chemical
analysis over conventional static headspace and purge-and-trap techniques in terms of its …

Introduction: In 2011 menthol cigarettes accounted for 32 percent of the market in the United
States, but there are few literature reports that provide measured menthol data for …

Previously proposed models (Ai, J. Anal. Chem. 1997, 69, 1230− 6; 3260− 6) dealing with
the dynamics of solid-phase microextraction (SPME) were based on the assumption that a …

Introduction Studies have evaluated the role of menthol cigarettes on various addiction-
related outcomes; however, the effect of varying menthol content on these outcomes has not …

Mainstream smoke yields of hydrogen cyanide (HCN) and three aromatic amines, 1-
aminonaphthalene, 2-aminonaphthalene, and 4-aminobiphenyl, from 60 little cigar brands …

We measured levels of nitrosonornicotine (NNN) and 4-[methyl (nitroso) amino]-1-(3-
pyridinyl)-1-butanone (NNK), the two most carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamines, in …

The thermal degradation of calcium oxalate monohydrate is studied by using diffuse
reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy combined with quadrupole mass …

Phytosterols occur in plants, including tobacco, in free and bound forms. A GC/MS/MS
method to quantify free phytosterols in plant materials was investigated. Free phytosterols in …