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New Applications Of Mass Spectrometry For Drug And Lipid Analysis, Elizabeth Lauren Emerson Dec 2012

New Applications Of Mass Spectrometry For Drug And Lipid Analysis, Elizabeth Lauren Emerson

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Mass spectrometry is an important tool used in many different disciplines and settings that include forensics, drug discovery, environmental analysis, and proteomics. Gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI - TOF MS) are two of the most important instruments used for analysis of compounds. Chapters 1 and 2 of this discussion use GC-MS for the investigation of synthetic cannabinoids in `K2' incense products and the detection of metabolites in urine samples from individuals suspected of consuming these mixtures. Analytical standards were synthesized and used for identification and confirmation of structures. Detection of …


Comparative Phytochemistry Of Saururaceae Essential Oils., Lohit Venkateswara Tutupalli Jan 1974

Comparative Phytochemistry Of Saururaceae Essential Oils., Lohit Venkateswara Tutupalli

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In view of their native medicinal uses, a systematic investigation of the phytochemistry and Hippocratic screening of three members of the Saururaceac namely, Anemopsis californica, Saururus cernuus and Houttuynia cordata was undertaken.