@article {3094,
	title = {EFFECT OF CYSTEINE ON THE SPECIATION OF ARSENIC BY USING HYDRIDE GENERATION ATOMIC-ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY},
	journal = {Analytica Chimica Acta},
	volume = {285},
	number = {3},
	year = {1994},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: MV474Times Cited: 61Cited Reference Count: 41},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {277-285},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The use of hydride generation techniques for arsenic species is pH dependent. Identical responses can not be obtained from arsenite, arsenate, monomethylarsonic acid (MMAA) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMAA) when the same acid concentration is used. Thus some methods commonly used for the direct determination of total arsenic under compromised conditions are subject to error. This error is eliminated by the addition of 2\% cysteine to samples prior to hydride generation. In the presence of cysteine the optimum condition for the determination of these arsenic species is in the same range, and a single arsenic species can be used for calibration. This finding is applied to the determination of arsenic in human urine by using flow injection, hydride generation, and atomic absorption spectrometry methodology. The effect of cysteine and thioglycerol is reported in detail, and it is proposed that arsenate, MMAA and DMAA all in the As(V) state, are reduced to the As(III) state as organo-sulfur-arsenic(III) compounds through the reaction between the arsenic species and the thiol. These products, organosulfur derivatives of arsenic(III), easily react with tetrahydroborate(III) under similar conditions to afford the arsines without interference from cysteine. Non-thiol-containing amino acids such as methionine, glycine and histidine do not react with arsenic species in this way, and therefore they do not affect the pH dependence of the generation of arsenic hydride species.},
	keywords = {AMOUNTS, ANTIMONY, ARSENIC SPECIATION, ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY, CHROMATOGRAPHY, CYSTEINE, EMISSION-SPECTROMETRY, ENVIRONMENT, FLOW INJECTION, HUMAN URINE, HYDRIDE GENERATION, INTERFERENCE REDUCTION, L-CYSTINE, NATURAL-WATERS, selenium, SPECTROSCOPY, TIN, TRACE},
	isbn = {0003-2670},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1994MV47400004},
	author = {Le, X. C. and Cullen, W. R. and Reimer, K. J.}
}
@article {7296,
	title = {A NEW CONTINUOUS HYDRIDE GENERATOR FOR THE DETERMINATION OF ARSENIC, ANTIMONY AND TIN BY HYDRIDE GENERATION ATOMIC-ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY},
	journal = {Analytica Chimica Acta},
	volume = {258},
	number = {2},
	year = {1992},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: HK842Times Cited: 61Cited Reference Count: 24},
	month = {Mar},
	pages = {307-315},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {A new continuous hydride generator is described. Its characteristics are compared with a conventional hydride generator for the determination of arsenic, antimony and tin by using flame atomic absorption spectrometry. This simple hydride generator combines hydride production and gas-liquid separation in one unit, obviating the use of a separate mixing/reaction coil and gas-liquid separator. Radioactive tracer studies show that a hydride generation efficiency of over 95\% is achieved with the new hydride generator and that approximately 90\% of monomethylarsonic acid (MMA) is converted to its hydride (methylarsine) within the first 10 s of the hydride generation reaction. Compared to a conventional hydride generator, an improved signal-to-noise ratio is achieved and comparable or less interference from transition metal ions is observed. Cysteine (1\% in the sample solution) is effective in reducing interferences during the hydride generation processes. In the presence of cysteine, 10-1000 fold higher amounts of Ni2+, Co2+ and Cu2+ are tolerated in the determination of arsenic, antimony and tin. Cysteine also enhances the signals of arsenic, antimony and tin by 60, 200 and 40\%, respectively. Reaction conditions were optimized by using both the simplex optimization method and one-factor-at-a-time method and results are in good agreement.},
	keywords = {AMOUNTS, ANTIMONY, arsenic, ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY, EMISSION-SPECTROMETRY, GERMANIUM, HYDRIDE GENERATION, INTERFERENCE REDUCTION, L-CYSTINE, mercury, selenium, separator, SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, SPECTROSCOPY, TIN, TRACE},
	isbn = {0003-2670},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1992HK84200014},
	author = {Le, X. C. and Cullen, W. R. and Reimer, K. J. and Brindle, I. D.}
}
