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Qualitative Analysis of Herbs by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS). An Undergraduate Instrumental Analysis Laboratory Exercise

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A laboratory exercise to be used in an undergraduate instrumental methods course is presented for the qualitative analysis of interesting real-world herbal extracts. The objective of this experiment is to familiarize students with a modern experimental method gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FI, 32901-6988

    JEREMY TIPTON, TICIA BARNICKI & EUGENE T. SMITH

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TIPTON, J., BARNICKI, T. & SMITH, E.T. Qualitative Analysis of Herbs by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS). An Undergraduate Instrumental Analysis Laboratory Exercise. Chem. Educator 3, 1–12 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00897980204a

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