Sample preparation biogenic amines

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Future trends in the separation area will include translation of all these methods to microchip format, which promises to lead the next revolution in chemical analysis. MEKC and isotachophoresis, a CE separation technique in a discontinuous buffer system, have already been adapted to microchips and applied to assay herbicides, biogenic amines, and ions. Micro-channels on a chip-like structure are likely to be exploited more frequently in CE after further development of nanotechnology because it results in extremely rapid separations that consume only picoliter sample volumes and introduce the possibility of merging sample preparation and analysis in a single device. 

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