| | As a laboratory of the Alberta provincial government, the primary purpose of the Chemistry Laboratory is to enable the growth of Alberta's agriculture and food industries. The laboratory produces objective scientific evidence that establishes and promotes the safety of Alberta's agriculture and food products in the domestic and international market places.
Information produced is used primarily by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry scientists and researchers as well as other partner agencies and organizations. Experienced technologists and scientists work with a variety of sophisticated analytical techniques and instrumentation. The Chemistry Laboratory specializes in the detection of organic and inorganic chemical residues in agri-food products.
Recent publications of Chemistry Laboratory Scientists
T.S. Thompson, J.P. van den Heever, and S.F. Pernal; Determination of Dicyclohexylamine in Beeswax by Aqueous Normal Phase Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Journal of Chromatographic Science, 56(3), 262-269, 2018.
J.P. van den Heever, T.S. Thompson, S.J.G. Otto, J.M. Curtis, A. Ibrahim, and S.F. Pernal; The Effect of Dicyclohexylamine and Fumagillin on Nosema ceranae-Infected Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Mortality in Cage Trial Assays, Apidologie, 47(5), 663-670, 2016.
J.P. van den Heever, T.S. Thompson, S.J.G. Otto, J.M. Curtis, A. Ibrahim, and S.F. Pernal; Evaluation of Fumagilin-B and Other Potential Alternative Chemotherapies Against Nosema ceranae-Infected Honeybees (Apis mellifera) in Cage Trial Assays, Apidologie, 47(5), 617-630, 2016.
J.P. van den Heever, T.S. Thompson, J.M. Curtis, and S.F. Pernal; Stability of Dicyclohexylamine and Fumagillin in Honey, Food Chemistry, 179, 152-158, 2015.
J.P. van den Heever, T.S. Thompson, J.M. Curtis, and S.F. Pernal; Determination of Dicyclohexylamine and Fumagillin in Honey by LC-MS/MS, Food Analytical Methods, 8(3), 767-777, 2015.
J.P. van den Heever, T.S. Thompson, J.M. Curtis, A. Ibrahim, and S.F. Pernal (2014). Fumagillin: An Overview of Recent Scientific Advances and Their Significance for Apiculture, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 62(13), 2728-2737.
T.S. Thompson and J.P. van den Heever (2012). Degradation of Erythromycin in Honey and Selection of Suitable Marker Residues for Food Safety Analysis, Food Chemistry, 133(4), 1510-1520.
T.S. Thompson, R. Dimock, R.W. Bradbury, R. Rieve, and M. Fehr (2011). Pesticides in Fresh Potatoes Sold in Farmers’ Markets in Alberta, Canada, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 87(5), 580-585.
F. Forrest, K. Lorenz, T. Thompson, J. Kendall, J. Keenliside, and J. Charest (2011). A Scoping Study of Livestock Antimicrobials in Agricultural Streams of Alberta, Canadian Water Resources Journal, 36(1), 1-16.
T.S. Thompson, D.K. Noot and J.D. Kendall (2011). Determination of Ionophores in Raw Bovine Milk Using LC-MS/MS: Application to Residue Surveillance, Food Chemistry, 127(1), 321-326.
T.S. Thompson, D.K. Noot and J.D. Kendall (2010). Surveillance Study of Novobiocin and Phenylbutazone Residues in Raw Bovine Milk Using Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Food Additives and Contaminants: Part A, 27(8), 1104-1111.
T.S. Thompson, D.K. Noot, F. Forrest, J.P. van den Heever, J. Kendall and J. Keenliside (2009). Large Volume Injection for the Direct Analysis of Ionophores and Avermectins in Surface Water by Liquid Chromatography-Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Analytica Chimica Acta, 633(1), 127-135.
T.S. Thompson, S.F. Pernal, D.K. Noot, A.P. Melathopoulos, and J.P. van den Heever (2007). Degradation of Incurred Tylosin to Desmycosin – Implications for Residue Analysis of Honey, Analytica Chimica Acta, 586(1-2), 304-311.
T.S. Thompson and D.K. Noot (2005). Determination of Sulfonamides in Honey by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Analytica Chimica Acta, 551(1-2), 168-176.
T.S. Thompson, D.K. Noot, J. Calvert, and S.F. Pernal (2005). Determination of Lincomycin and Tylosin Residues in Honey by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 19(3), 309-316.
T.S. Thompson, D.K. Noot, J. Calvert, and S.F. Pernal (2003). Determination of Lincomycin and Tylosin Residues in Honey by Solid Phase Extraction and Liquid Chromatography-Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry, Journal of Chromatography A, 1020(2), 241-250. |
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