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Contents
1 Evaluation of Quality and Safety of Foods
by Tandem Mass Spectrometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Giovanni Sindona and Leonardo Di Donna
2 Detection of Biological Warfare Agents Using Biosensors . . . . . . . . . 11
Joseph H. Banoub and Abanoub Mikhael
3 Mass Spectrometry Methods for Food Safety/Detection
of Toxins in Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Gianluca Giorgi
4 Fundamentals of Mass Spectrometry- Based Metabolomics . . . . . . . . 61
Emilio S. Rivera, Marissa A. Jones, Emma R. Guiberson,
and Jeremy L. Norris
5 Direct Mass Spectrometry as a Practical Analytical Strategy
for High Speed, High Throughput Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Mark W. Duncan
6 Mass Spectrometry in Ecotoxicology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Ksenia J. Groh and Marc F.-J. Suter
7 Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Imaging
Mass Spectrometry: Technology and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Josiah C. McMillen, William J. Perry, Kavya Sharman,
Katerina V. Djambazova, and Richard M. Caprioli
8 Risks and Consequences of Hazard Agents to Human Health . . . . . . 129
Diana Coman Schmid
9 Bacterial Threats to Human Health and Food Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Vanessa Sperandio