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Certification of Standard Reference Material(R) 2983 Inorganics in Geoduck Clam Tissue (Panopea generosa)

January 29, 2024
Author(s)
Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, Melannie Bachman, Steven J. Christopher, Debra Ellisor, Michael Ellisor, Jennifer Hoguet, Samuel Huntington, Caleb Luvonga, Amanda Moors, Dhayaalini Nadarajan, Tomohiro Narukawa, Jennifer Ness, Rebecca Pugh, James H. Yen, Lee L. Yu
Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2983 Inorganics in Geoduck Clam Tissue (Panopea generosa) is intended to be used for the evaluation of methods for the determination of elements, arsenic species, and proximates in this and similar matrices. A unit of SRM

Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 1 Final Report

November 1, 2023
Author(s)
Carolyn Burdette, Hugh Hayes, Jenna Klingsick, Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, Charles Barber, Steven J. Christopher, Lee L. Yu
The DSQAP was launched, in collaboration with the NIH ODS, in 2007. The program was established to enable laboratories to improve the accuracy of measurements in samples for nutrients, marker compounds, toxic elements, and/or contaminants in dietary

Value Assignment of Standard Reference Material(R) 1849b Infant/Adult Nutritional Formula I

January 6, 2023
Author(s)
Melissa M. Phillips, Laura Wood, Charles Barber, Bruce Scruggs, John Sieber, James H. Yen, Lee L. Yu
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Standard Reference Material® (SRM®) 1849b Infant/Adult Nutritional Formula I delivers certified or non-certified values for over 100 analytes. This material is intended to be used for the evaluation

Certification of Standard Reference Material(R) 1568c Rice Flour

July 29, 2022
Author(s)
Chuck Barber, Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, Monique Johnson, Shaun Kotoski, Rick L. Paul, Nicholas Sharp, Maria Isabel Vega Martinez, James H. Yen, Lee L. Yu, Laura Wood, John Sieber, Stephen Long
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released SRM 1568c Rice Flour which has value assignments for over 30 analytes, including arsenic species. This material is intended to be used for the evaluation of methods for the

Assessing Arsenic Species in Foods Using Regularized Linear Regression of the Arsenic K-edge X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure

April 19, 2022
Author(s)
Evan Jahrman, Lee L. Yu, William P. Krekelberg, David Sheen, Thomas C. Allison, John L. Molloy
The toxicity and bioavailability of arsenic is heavily dependent on its speciation. Therefore, robust and accurate methods are needed to determine arsenic speciation profiles for materials related to public health initiatives, such as food safety. Here, X

Certification of Standard Reference Material 3289 Multivitamin Tablets

March 18, 2022
Author(s)
Hugh Hayes, Jerome Mulloor, Michael Nelson, Kate Rimmer, Lee L. Yu, James H. Yen
Standard Reference Material® (SRM®) 3289 Multivitamin Tablets was developed as part of a collaborative effort between the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements (NIH ODS)

Determination of Total Arsenic and Hydrophilic Arsenic species in Seafood

March 1, 2021
Author(s)
Caleb Luvonga, Catherine A. Rimmer, Lee L. Yu, Sang Bok Lee
Marine organisms are vital sources of staple and functional food but are also the major dietary route of human exposure to total arsenic. We report the total arsenic content and the mass fractions of hydrophilic arsenic species from five different marine

Quantitative Analysis of Zirconium Alloys Using Borate Fusion and Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

January 26, 2021
Author(s)
John R. Sieber, Anthony F. Marlow, Rick L. Paul, Charles A. Barber, Laura J. Wood, Lee L. Yu, Alaina Rieke, Amy Kutnerian, Jessica McCandless, Candace Wallace
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses borate fusion, wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometry and synthetic calibration standards for high performance, quantitative analyses of a wide range of materials

Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 5 Final Report

January 14, 2021
Author(s)
Chuck Barber, Carolyn Burdette, Hugh Hayes, Caleb Luvonga, Melissa M. Phillips, Kate Rimmer, Laura J. Wood, Lee L. Yu
HAMQAP was launched in collaboration with the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) in 2017. HAMQAP was established to enable laboratories to improve the accuracy of measurements in samples that represent human intake (e.g., foods, dietary supplements

Certification of Standard Reference Material(R) 955d, Toxic Elements and Metabolites in Frozen Human Blood

October 15, 2020
Author(s)
Lee L. Yu, Karen E. Murphy, Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, Thomas W. Vetter, Robert C. Hagwood, George C. Caceres, Stephen E. Long, J M. Jarrett, M A. Franklin, J Castro Georgi, D M. Jones, Robert Jones, Z Li, Y L. Sommer, D S. Tevis, K Wallon, C D. Ward, M Maras, S Erdahl, C Gilmer, M Wermers, H Woldeysus, K F. Mehigan, M Morrissette, Christopher D. Palmer, Patrick J. Parsons
Standard Reference Material (SRM) 955d is intended for use in validating analytical methods for measuring toxic elements and mercury species in human blood, and in value assigning locally produced control materials analyzed using the validated methods. A

Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 4 Final Report

May 29, 2020
Author(s)
Charles A. Barber, Carolyn Q. Burdette, Hugh V. Hayes, Melissa M. Phillips, Catherine A. Rimmer, Laura J. Wood, Lee L. Yu, Shaun P. Kotoski
HAMQAP was launched in collaboration with the NIH ODS in 2017. HAMQAP was established to enable laboratories to improve the accuracy of measurements in samples that represent human intake (e.g., foods, dietary supplements, tobacco) and samples that

Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 3 Final Report

February 13, 2020
Author(s)
Charles A. Barber, Carolyn Q. Burdette, Melissa M. Phillips, Catherine A. Rimmer, Laura J. Wood, Lee L. Yu, Shaun P. Kotoski
HAMQAP was launched in collaboration with the NIH ODS in 2017. HAMQAP was established to enable laboratories to improve the accuracy of measurements in samples that represent human intake (e.g., foods, dietary supplements, tobacco) and samples that

Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 2 Final Report

May 21, 2019
Author(s)
Charles A. Barber, Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, Carolyn Q. Burdette, Johanna Camara, Stephen E. Long, Melissa M. Phillips, Benjamin J. Place, Catherine A. Rimmer, Laura J. Wood, Lee L. Yu
The NIST Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program (HAMQAP) was launched in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) in 2017. HAMQAP was established to enable laboratories to improve the

Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 1 Final Report

November 19, 2018
Author(s)
Chuck Barber, Bruce A. Benner Jr., Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, Carolyn Burdette, Johanna Camara, Stephen E. Long, Jacolin Murray, Melissa M. Phillips, Benjamin Place, Kate Rimmer, Laura J. Wood, Susan Tai, Siva K. Chinthalapati, Lee L. Yu
The NIST Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program (HAMQAP) was launched in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) in 2017. HAMQAP was established to enable laboratories to improve the

Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality Assurance Program: Exercise M Final Report

February 15, 2018
Author(s)
Melissa M. Phillips, Catherine A. Rimmer, Laura J. Wood, Maria R. Ale, Charles A. Barber, Hannah Stindt, Lee L. Yu
The NIST Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality Assurance Program (DSQAP) was established in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) in 2007 to enable members of the dietary supplements community to

Development of a kelp powder (Thallus laminariae) Standard Reference Material

December 9, 2017
Author(s)
Lee L. Yu, Joseph Browning, Carolyn Q. Burdette, George C. Caceres, Kaitlyn Chieh, William C. Davis, MIchael Ellisor, Brittany Kassim, Stephen E. Long, Karen E. Murphy, Rabia Oflaz, Rick L. Paul, Katherine E. Sharpless, Laura J. Wood, James H. Yen, Rolf L. Zeisler
A Standard Reference Material (SRM) of seaweed, SRM 3232 Kelp Powder (Thallus laminariae) has been developed to support food and dietary supplement measurements in compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and the Dietary Supplement Health

Sucrose density gradient centrifugation for efficient separation of engineered nanoparticles from a model organism, Caenorhabditis elegans

October 11, 2017
Author(s)
Monique E. Johnson, Antonio R. Montoro Bustos, Elijah J. Petersen, Shannon K. Hanna, Karen E. Murphy, Lee L. Yu, Bryant C. Nelson, Michael R. Winchester
This protocol describes a strategy for separating Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) from engineered nanomaterials, a critical step for accurate quantification in uptake studies. Conventional rinsing procedures, typically comprised of water or buffer

Analytical Methods and Development of Reference Materials for Toxic Metals and Metal Species in Food and Dietary Supplements

September 18, 2017
Author(s)
Stephen E. Long, Michael B. Ellisor, Frances Nilsen, Laura J. Wood, Karen E. Murphy, Lee L. Yu
Highly toxic metals such as arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury are prevalent in the terrestrial and marine environments from both natural sources and anthropogenic activities. Contamination of food can often occur during agricultural production and food