Organic polymer-based monolithic capillary columns and their applications in food analysis ψ .

In recent years, the use of organic polymer monolithic capillary columns in separation science have gained popularity due to the fact that they are easy to fabricate and do not require retaining frits. These materials have been applied in different fields including foods, proteomics and pharmaceuticals. The interest in food analysis still need to develop in order to increase the sensitivity towards micro/nano-scale food applications for food samples of less than 5 μg (e.g. foodomics). In this regard, polymer monolithic capillary columns offer great separation capability in the food analytical separation science. We review the most important applications in food analysis using polymer monolithic capillary columns. In addition, several examples of the use of capillary separation methods combined with mass spectrometry detection in food analysis are summarized. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.