Rapid Detection Assays for Food and Water
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Author(s): S. A. Clark et al.
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
ISBN: 0854047794
Format: hardback
243pp
Price: £59.50
Review Date: 19 November 2001
Review: This book is the result of a conference to analyse the evaluation of novel techniques to detect harmful chemicals and microbial pathogens in foods and waters. The chapters are divided into four sections: water microbiology, water chemistry, food microbiology and food chemistry. The test areas under development and those already validated have to contend with pollutants at very low concentrations in a wide range of sample matrices. This book presents the state-of-the-art in highly sensitive chemical and biological detection systems for substances destined for the consumer. The techniques employed range from highly efficient concentration and sample preparation methods, through cell culture to end-detection by a wide range of techniques. These end-detection methods include microscopy, biosensors, colorimetry, immunoassay, molecular detection and molecular identification.