Isolation, Characterization, and Diversity of Novel Radiotolerant Carotenoid-Producing Bacteria
Carotenoids are natural pigments that exhibit many biological functions, such as antioxidants (i.e., promote oxidative stress resistance), membrane stabilizers, and precursors for vitamin A. The link between these biological activities and many health benefits (e.g., anticarcinogenic activity, prevention of chronic diseases, etc.) has raised the interest of several industrial sectors, especially in the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. The use of microorganisms in biotechnology to produce carotenoids is favorable by consumer and can help meet the growing demand for these bioactive compounds in the food, feed, and pharmaceutical industries. This methodological chapter details the development of a rapid and selective screening method for isolation and identification of carotenoid-prod...
Detection of 22 antiepileptic drugs by ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry applicable to routine therapeutic drug monitoring.
In conclusion, we developed a simple and selective UPLC-MS/MS method suitable for routine therapeutic monitoring of antiepileptics. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.
PMID: 22383262 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Biomedical Chromatography : BMC)
