March 2008, Sunnyvale, CA—Dionex is proud to announce a new procedure for extracting compounds from animal tissue using Accelerated Solvent Extraction (ASE®). Application Note 359: Extraction of Pollutants, Contaminants, and Poisons from Animal Tissue using Accelerated Solvent Extraction (ASE) describes newly developed methods using ASE for extracting a wide variety of environmental contaminants from animal tissues, including fish, freshwater bivalves, eggs, and beef kidney.
Bioaccumulation of toxic compounds in animal tissue has become an issue of steadily growing importance, as concern over buildup of compounds such as pesticides, hormones, antibiotics and heavy metals has increased. Compounds extracted and analyzed in this newly developed Application include dioxins and furans, polybrominated flame retardants, polychlorinated biphenyls, pesticides, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, and metal complexes that can accumulate in the tissues of food animals.
Accelerated Solvent Extraction is a method for using solvents at elevated temperatures and pressures to extract organic compounds from solid or semisolid materials. It is well suited for handling sample types such as those described in the Application Note. ASE provides significant savings in labor and solvent over traditional sample extraction methods such as Soxhlet, sonication, and shaking.
Dionex (NASDAQ:DNEX) is a global leader in the manufacturing and marketing of liquid chromatography and extraction systems, consumables, and software for chemical analysis. The Company's systems are used worldwide in environmental analysis and by the life sciences, chemical, petrochemical, food and beverage, power generation, and electronics industries. Our expertise in applications and instrumentation helps analytical scientists to evaluate and develop pharmaceuticals, establish environmental regulations, and produce better industrial products.
ASE is a registered trademark of Dionex Corporation.
