ABSTRACT

Determination of alkylphenols and bisphenol A in river water by stir bar sorptive extraction .................................................... 49 Identi€cation of smoke-taint chemicals in wine by SBSE GC-MS techniques ................................................................................. 51 Determination of cresols in casein by SBSE GC-MS: Maximizing SBSE recovery with acylation .................................................. 53 References .......................................................................................................... 61

As building blocks of plants and in a wide range of industrial applications, phenolic compounds are commonly found in water and food products. Because of their toxicity and unpleasant organoleptic properties, some phenols have been included in the priority pollutants list of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).