Element content and daily intake from dietary supplements (nutraceuticals) based on algae, garlic, yeast fish and krill oils—Should consumers be worried?

The authors would like to thank Agilent Technologies for the loan of the 8800 ICP-QQQ used in this study. Michael Stiboller thanks European Union’s Lifelong Learning Programme ‘Leonardo da Vinci’: “ALUMNI UNI GRAZ MOBILITY PROGRAMME 2013-2015” for financial support of his placement.Peer reviewedPostprin

Accurate and precise quantification of Cu,Zn-SOD in human red blood cells using species-specific double and triple IDMS

Acknowledgements This research was undertaken within the EMRP project HLT05. The EMRP was jointly funded by the EMRP participating countries within EURAMET and the European Union. We gratefully acknowledge support by the Braunschweig International Graduate School of Metrology B-IGSM.Peer reviewedPostprin

Hg speciation in petroleum hydrocarbons with emphasis on the reactivity of Hg particles

Acknowledgment Mohammed M. Lawan, David J. Bellis, Andrea Raab, and Dagmar S. Urgast are thanked for all of their advice on ICP-MS, which has helped to achieve this work. Graeme Nicol is thanked for his help with ultracentrifuge. John Alvarez, Dennis O’Rear, and Sheila Yeh (Chevron, ETC, U.S.) are acknowledged for their valuable comments and fruitful discussion. Z.G. thanks Chevron, U.S., and the College of Physical Sciences at University of Aberdeen for the provided studentship.Peer reviewedPostprin

Comment on “Effects of Arsenite during Fetal Development on Energy Metabolism and Susceptibility to Diet-Induced Fatty Liver Diseases in Male Mice” and “Mechanisms Underlying Latent Disease Risk Associated with Early-Life Arsenic Exposure: Current Trends and Scientific Gaps”

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Methylmercury varies more than one order of magnitude in commercial European rice

P.M. thanks the Royal Thai Government for funding and C.C.B. thanks the School of Natural and Computing Science and PS Analytical for funding.Peer reviewedPostprin

Plasma processes to detect fluorine with ICPMS as M-F+ : an argument for building a negative mode ICPMS/MS

NLAJ thanks the Malaysian Government (Grant number: RG12824-10) and National Defence University of Malaysia for financial support throughout the study period, while AB thanks the Erasmus programme of the EU. Special thanks to Swedish Research Council for additional financial support (Grant number: FORMAS 1397306) and also to Samira Al Hinai and Amanda Victor for helping in this project.Peer reviewedPostprin

Investigation of chemical modifiers for the determination of cadmium and chromium in fish oil and lipoid matrices using HR-CS GF AAS and a simple ‘dilute-and-shoot’ approach

The authors are grateful to the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico and Tecnológico (CNPq), and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) for financial support and scholarships. The present research was mostly financed through Project no. CNPq 406877/2013-0. The authors are also grateful to Analytik Jena for financial support and the donation of the contrAA 600.Peer reviewedPostprin

Phylogenomic analysis of natural products biosynthetic gene clusters allows discovery of arseno-organic metabolites in model streptomycetes

We are indebted with Marnix Medema, Paul Straight and Sean Rovito, for useful discussions and critical reading of the manuscript, as well as with Alicia Chagolla and Yolanda Rodriguez of the MS Service of Unidad Irapuato, Cinvestav, and Araceli Fernandez for technical support in high-performance computing. This work was funded by Conacyt Mexico (grants No. 179290 and 177568) and FINNOVA Mexico (grant No. 214716) to FBG. PCM was funded by Conacyt scholarship (No. 28830) and a Cinvestav posdoctoral fellowship. JF and JFK acknowledge funding from the College of Physical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Development of a fast screening method for the direct determination of chlorinated persistent organic pollutants in fish oil by high-resolution continuum source graphite furnace molecular absorption spectrometry

The authors are grateful to the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico and Tecnológico (CNPq); the present research was mostly financed through Project no. CNPq 406877/2013-0. The authors are also grateful to the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) for financial support and scholarships, and to Analytik Jena for financial support and donation of the contrAA 600 high-resolution continuum source atomic absorption spectrometer.Peer reviewedPostprin

Novel Non-Target Analysis for Fluorine Compounds Using ICPMS/MS and HPLC-ICPMS/MS

NLAJ thanks the Malaysian Government (Grant number: RG12824-10) and National Defence University of Malaysia for financial support throughout the study period, while JFD thanks the Erasmus programme of the EU. Special thanks to Noriyuki Yamada from Agilent Technologies for the guidance using the ICPMS/MS. The authors thank Dr Corny Brombach for the artwork.Peer reviewedPostprin