Department of Analytical Chemistry, ICT Prague

	Department of Analytical Chemistry, ICT Prague

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Group of Atomic Spectroscopy

Head of the group:
Prof. Ing. Oto Mestek, PhD.

Staff:
Ing. Magda Vosmanská, CSc.

Technical Staff:
Milan Sedláček
Post-Graduate Students:
  Ing. Kateřina Mališová
  Ing. Štěpán Eichler
  Ing. Antonín Kaňa

Research focus

Trace analysis of elements in biotic matrixes

on-line coupled LC-ICP/MS measurement methodology development
isolation of trace metal species in plants development and characterisation by ESI/MS and MALDI/MS
plants extract analysis, monitoring of growth-induced changes in trace metals speciation
monitoring of cuisine- and digestion-induced changes in trace metals speciation in plants

Application of ICP/MS

development, validation and uncertainity estimation of trace metals in biotic matrixes analysis by ICP/MS
analysis of samples from Metrology Laboratory of ICT

Selected Papers

Koplík, R., Fingerová H., Cincibuchová J., Mestek O., Kvasnička F, Suchánek M.: Fractination of phosphorus and trace elements species in soybean flour and common bean seeds by SEC/ICP-MS, J. Chromatogr. B 770 (1-2), 261-273, 2002.
Mestek O., Komínková J., Koplík R., Borková M., Suchánek M.: Quantification of copper and zinc species fractions in legume seeds extracts by SEC/ICP-MS: validation and uncertainty estimation. Talanta 57 (6), 1133-42, 2002.
Koplík R., Borková M., Mestek O., Komínková J., Suchánek M.: Application of size exclusion chromatography - inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for fractionation of element species in seeds of legumes, J. Chromatogr. B 775, 179-187, 2002.
Koplík R., Mestek O., Komínková J., Borková M., Suchánek M.: Effect of cooking on phosphorus and trace elements species in peas, Food Chemistry 85, 31-39, 2004
Koplík R., Komínková J., Borková M., Mestek O., Kvasnička F., Suchánek M.: Effect of technological processing and maturity stage of seeds on the content and speciation of phosphorus and trace elements in peas, Food chemistry 87, 423-432, 2004.
Koplík R., Komínková J., Borková M., Mestek O., Kvasnička F., Suchánek M.: Effect of technological processing and maturity stage of seeds on the content and speciation of phosphorus and trace elements in peas, Food chemistry 87, 423-432, 2004.
Koplík R., Borková M., Bicanová B., Polák J., Mestek O., Komínková J.: Speciation analysis of elements in cereal flours by liquid chromatography – inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, Food chemistry 99, 158-1678, 2006.
Polák J., Mestek O, Suchánek M.: Uncertainty of determination of palladium in road dust sample by inductively plasma coupled mass spectrometry, Accreditation and Quality Assurance, 10, 627-632, 2006.
Mestek O., Komínková J., Koplík R., Kodíček M., Zima T.: Quantification of trace element species in human serum fractions by liquid chromatography and inductively coupled plasma spectrometry, Applied Organometallic Chemistry 21, 5-14, 2007.
Mestek O., Polák J., Koplík R., Komínková J., Šantrůček J., Kodíček M., Kvasnička, F.: Analysis of element species fractions in buckwheat and amaranth flours by SEC/ICP-MS and MALDI-MS. European Food Research and Technology 225(5-6), 895-904, 2007
Mestek O., Polák J., Juříček M., Karvánková P., Koplík R., Šantrůček J.; Kodíček M.: Trace element distribution and species fractionation in Brassica napus plant. Applied Organometallic Chemistry 21(6), 468-474, 2007.

Financial Support

The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport
Name: Physicochemical methods of analysis and description of chemical systems and biosystems
Part 6 - Biosystems characterisation

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
Name: Trace metals and their organic species in food and raw materials for food industry