Analysis Of Control Methods Research Articles

Simultaneous Quantitative Assessment of Ochratoxin A, Patulin, 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural, and Bisphenol A in Fruit Drinks Using HPLC with Diode Array-Fluorimetric Detection.

The analysis of regulated contaminants in fruit drinks often requires suitable validated and rapid analytical methods for cost-effective food control, and is of considerable interest among the fruit beverage industry. This study demonstrated a rapid and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography approach for the simultaneous determination of ochratoxin A (OTA), patulin (PAT), 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), and bisphenol A (BPA) in various fruit drinks. The separations were achieved using a C18 core-shell column with both photo-diode array and fluorimetric detections connected in series. A gradient system consisting of methanol and 0.1% formic acid at a flow rate of 1.2 mL min−1, thermostated at 35 °C, provided fast elution with run time <9 min. Sample pretreatment was optimised to enable extraction of all analytes from fruit drink matrices. The optimised method was validated. Correlation coefficients of R > 0.99 were achieved with detection limits of 0.5 ng mL−1 (OTA), 1.1 ng mL−1 (PAT), 7.9 ng mL−1 (HMF), and 1.0 ng mL−1 (BPA). Recoveries ranged from 82% to 99%. Good relative standard deviations for intraday retention times (≤3.54%) and peak area (≤3.5%) were achieved. The developed multi-contaminants analysis method was successfully applied to determine OTA, PAT, HMF, and BPA in various fruit drinks.

Validation of routine analytical method for injectable cyclosporine preparation control using HPLC-FIA assay

The aim of this study is to validate a new HPLC-FIA method for routine analytical control of cyclosporine injectable preparations and to evaluate the routine analytical control with this technic. Cyclosporine dosage was carried out by the HPLC-FIA method. The column was replaced by a PEEK (polyetheretherketone) loop tubing. The mobile phase consisted of ultrapure water. The injection volume was 1μL with a flow rate of 1mL/min. All determinations were performed at 35°C. The detection was carried out at 210nm. The accuracy profile method was used to validate the HPLC-FIA assay of cyclosporine. Routine control was applied for each cyclosporine preparation using the HPLC-FIA developed method. An acceptance limit of ±10% of the theoretical concentration has been set for the conformity of the preparation. The accuracy profile shows the validity of our method for the dosage of cyclosporine in the concentration range studied (0.5-2.5mg/mL) with good linearity (correlation coefficient>0.999), high precision (the relative standard deviation [RSD] values, for both repeatability and intermediate precision, were<3%) and acceptable trueness (the relative biases were found<2%). In our study, 220 injectable cyclosporine preparations were analyzed: 85% were compliant. All analyzes were conform after a second standardized homogenization of 10 shakes. The proposed HPLC-FIA method is a reliable, fast, simple, precise method that can be easily used for the routine quality control of cyclosporine injectable preparations.

Study of corrosion of gas production infrastructure objects in the presence of CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; by the methods of analytical control

Promising domestic gas and gas condensate fields are characterized by the presence of CO2 in the composition of the extracted raw materials which (in combination with moisture condensation and a number of other factors) stimulates the intensive development of local corrosion processes). The paper presents the results of studying corrosion of gas production objects using methods of analytical control (gas chromatography with mass spectrometry, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, X-ray diffraction). It is shown that key parameters (CO2 partial pressure, mineralization, pH factor, total pressure, etc.) should be considered with allowance for their expected changes during the life cycle of the field and production facilities. To determine the ultimate local corrosion rates, corrosion tests were carried out under conditions of moisture condensation. The corrosion development under CO2 conditions is shown to depend on the amount of moisture formed during condensation on metal surfaces, composition and content of the condensate in the vapor phase. Monoethylene (MEG) glycol which is used in gas production as a hydrate formation inhibitor can be also present in the condensed medium. MEG concentration also significantly contributes to the rate of corrosion processes Local carbon dioxide corrosion rate can attain several millimeters per year. Analytical methods can be successfully used in combination with other control methods to predict and monitor a corrosion situation (content of a corrosion inhibitor, presence of the corrosion products or deposits, etc.) at gas production facilities.

Sensory Analysis – A contemporary Quality Control tool for Asava-Arishta

Quality control of Ayurvedic medicines though being the need of the hour, is an arduous task. As Ayurveda encompasses the use of drug as a whole which leads to generation of a complex matrix. In such a scenario, selective and sensitive sophisticated analytical tools alone cannot serve the purpose. Besides, the ancient science of medicine is sensory driven. A number of sensory based quality standards in form of quality-attributes for drugs as well as critical end point for pharmaceutical operations are mentioned in the classics of Ayurveda. It is thus advisable to employ sensory based analytical methods for Quality control of Ayurvedic medicines. Henceforth, in the present study an attempt was made to develop a sensory based Quality control tool for discrimination of the market samples of Arjunaristha with regards to In-house prepared (Reference control) sample on the basis of smell and taste. Among the sensory methods available, Duo-Trio method was adopted. 40 pre-trained assessors were asked to identify the blindly coded sample analogous to Reference control. The results were analysed using Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) curve, Area Under Curve (AUC) and d-prime (d’) with the help of sensR package in R-studio ver. 1.0.143. In both the sample sets, Reference control sample was correctly identified with a significance level of P &lt; 0.001 and Area Under Curve of 0.999 and 0.994 for each set respectively. Thus, it can be concluded that Sensory analysis method efficiently discriminated the Arjunaristha samples and thus can serve as a cost-effective routine quality control tool.

Differential scanning calorimetry of cocoa butter and chocolate glaze

Nowadays there is a wide market for cocoa butter equivalents, substitutes and improvers for the confectionery and dairy industries. An urgent task is the development of operational instrumental methods for cocoa butter and its substitutes quality control. Thermophysical parameters are among the most important characteristics of the fat phase for the food technology. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is becoming one of the most promising methods for analytical control of fat and oil products. Thermophysical data (temperatures of the maximums of endothermic peaks and their areas) for cocoa butter and chocolate glaze typical samples applied at dairy processing enterprises of the Central black soil region for the production of chocolate glazed curd bars were obtained in the work performed with its help. DSC data were compared with chromatographic data on triglyceride composition of the fat phase of cocoa butter, cocoa butter equivalents, lauric and non-lauric substitutes, and POP and SOS cocoa butter improvers. It was shown that the DSC method can control the quality of cocoa butter and chocolate glaze, identify chocolate products of different origin and triglyceride composition. Melting thermograms obtained by DSC are highly sensitive to the fat phase triglyceride composition. DSC allows reliable identification of samples of cocoa butter and glaze by melting curves in the temperature range from -100 to +50 ° C. It was found that the main melting peak of cocoa butter and its substitutes, due to the presence of a certain set of triglycerides, is observed in the temperature range from -5 to +30 °C. When examining glazes, the melting peak changes: it bifurcates, expands or narrows. Additional application of computer separation of the unseparated peaks superposition on the DSC melting curves increases the information content of the method and improves the reliability of the fat phase identification. The DSC method is characterized by sample preparation simplicity, has good reproducibility and other metrological characteristics and can be an independent method for fat and oil products identifying and quality control..

Integrated metabolomics and network pharmacology strategy for ascertaining the quality marker of flavonoids for Sophora flavescens

Traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) have been widely used in Asian countries for thousands of years due to their supreme quality and good clinical efficacy. However, the increasing demand for TCMs in recent decades warrants effective quality control methodology to avoid clinical problems. Therefore, comprehensive quality evaluation systems should be established for ensuring TCM's quality, in terms of chemical components, as well as bioactivity for identifying quality markers in TCM and developing suitable analytical methods for quality control. In this study, we selected Sophora flavescens (S. flavescens) as the research object and developed a novel integrated strategy combining metabolomics and network pharmacology to explore the quality markers. Firstly, we determined the targeted metabolomic profiles of seventy-four batches of S. flavescens (aged from 1 to 6 years) by UHPLC/QE-MS. Six potential markers were successfully screened, quantified and reverse-verified as the most influential effective compounds by UHPLC/QE-MS and multivariate statistical analysis. Secondly, the network of "components-targets-pathways" was constructed, and the pharmacological activities of six potential markers were predicted. Finally, we determined the anti-tumor activity of six flavonoids (kurarinone, norkurarinone, kuraridin, kushenol N, trifolirhizin, and genistein) as the quality markers for Sophora flavescens, evaluated their pharmacokinetic profiles and reviewed their existing pharmacological researches. Thus, integrated metabolomics and network pharmacology technology were applied for the effective discovery of quality markers of Chinese material medica.

Proposal of a simple and rapid method for the chemotherapy preparations analytical control by spectrophotometry UV-Vis method.

The preparation of anticancer chemotherapy in a hospital must meet several objectives; the first main is the quality, which can be provided by setting up a surveillance system and a quality control of each preparations. The aim of this work is to present a simple, fast and accurate spectrophotometric method for the routine control of cytotoxic preparations. This is a study carried out in the cytotoxic preparation unit of the university center of Rabat-Sale children's hospital in Morocco. All samples of preparations were collected and analyzed daily on the site. After validation of the analytical method with respect to many parameters such as: linearity, accuracy and precision according to ICH Q2 guidelines, samples of cytotoxic preparations collected were assayed. The results are satisfactory with good level of exactitude, and high precision. Compared to other techniques, this method can be considered as a useful alternative in the routine quality control of preparations. It can quickly obtain qualitative and quantitative information with instrumentation and inexpensive reagents.

Comparison of heat-stable peptides using a multiple-reaction monitoring method to identify beef muscle tissue

Nowadays, proteomics is widely used as an analytical control method. A new method for determining animal tissue species-specificity based on a combination of two effective methods of food analysis, liquid chromatography (LC) and mass spectrometry (MS), was used in this work. Using this approach, it became possible to detect peptides. This work presents a comparison of species-specific, heat-stable peptides for the identification of beef. The objects of the study were native and boiled model mixtures containing beef with concentrations of 8% (w/w) and 16% (w/w). Pork was also added to the recipe to control for false-positive results. A high-performance liquid chromatography technique with mass spectrometric detection (LC-MS/MS) was used. Analysis of finished samples takes 25 minutes and is adapted to detect marker peptides. From the processing of the obtained data, three beef marker peptides were identified that were accepted as the best candidates. Two peptide prototypes, NDMAAQYK and YLEFISDAIIHVLHAK from the myoglobin protein and SNVSDAVAQSAR from the triosephosphate isomerase protein, were selected as potential biomarkers. For all samples, the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) was set above 10. Temperature was not found to affect the structure and detection of marker peptides in samples with a muscle tissue concentration of 8% (w/w) at p &lt;0.05. This approach is universally applicable for comparing biomarkers of other types of meat and to identify the most suitable candidates.

Pharmaceutical compounding of orphan active ingredients in Belgium: how community and hospital pharmacists can address the needs of patients with rare diseases

BackgroundPharmaceutical compounding of orphan active ingredients can offer cost-effective treatment to patients when no other drug product is available for a rare disease or during periods of drug product shortages. Additionally, it allows customized therapy for patients with rare diseases. However, standardized compounding formulas and procedures, and monographs are required to ensure the patients’ safety.ResultsStandardized formulas and compounding procedures were developed for seven orphan active ingredients (L-arginine, sodium benzoate, sodium phenylbutyrate, L-carnitine, chenodesoxycholic acid, primaquine phosphate, pyridoxal phosphate) and one non-orphan molecule (sodium perchlorate) regularly compounded by hospital pharmacists for extemporaneous use. The stability of these formulations was evaluated over 3 months at refrigerated (5 °C) and standard storage conditions (25 °C/60%RH) using HPLC-based assays and a suitable shelf life was assigned to the formulations. Additionally, suitable analytical methods for quality control of formulations of pyridoxal phosphate and sodium perchlorate were developed as monographs for these components were not available in the European Pharmacopeia or United States Pharmacopeia.ConclusionsAvailability of compounding formulas and protocols, as well as stability information, for orphan active ingredients can improve patients’ access to treatment for rare diseases. Such data were collected for seven orphan active ingredients to treat patients with rare diseases when no other treatment is available. More efforts are needed to develop standardized formulas and compounding procedures for additional orphan active ingredients whose clinical efficacy is well-known but which are not available as products with a marketing authorization. Additionally, a legal framework at EU level is required to enable the full potential of pharmaceutical compounding for orphan active ingredients.

Quantitative 1H NMR spectroscopy (qNMR) in the early process development of a new quorum sensing inhibitor

2-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2H-chromen-4(3H)-one (called 6-oxo) is presented as a new AI-1 quorum sensing inhibitor for Vibrio harveyi. The development of a chemical process to afford traceable materials for new biological assays demands the development of analytical methods to ensure their purity and quality. This work describes the use of quantitative 1 H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy (qNMR) to assess the purity of a sample of 6-oxo (99.88%) and a sample of its major process impurity (E)-1-(2-hydroxycyclohex-2-en-1-yl)but-2-en-1-one (called HCB; 98.28%). To explore the scope of the use of qNMR to quantify the amount of low-content components in samples related to the chemical process for 6-oxo synthesis, this work also determined the amount of 6-oxo in two HCB samples: (a) the high-purity HCB sample described above and (b) a crude HCB sample collected during the chemical process. Despite the complexity of the crude sample, the amount of 6-oxo was readily assessed and could help to estimate the extent to which 6-oxo was already formed during the HCB synthesis. This information can help the understanding of how the process parameters can be modified to improve the performance of the whole process, by controlling the reaction mechanisms working at each step of this chemical process. In this context, our results reinforce qNMR as a complementary analytical tool for the quantification of the main component found in a sample, contributing to the standardization of reference materials and thus allowing the development of analytical methods for process control and traceability of the samples used for biological assays.

Bismuth-containing glassy reference materials for establishing the content of transition elements using luminescent-based methods

Modern express methods of analytical control are widely used for monitoring the quality of oxide materials. However, the possibilities of these methods are currently limited by the lack of versatile homogeneous reference materials (RMs). Such RMs can be produced most effectively by vitrification methods. In this connection, glassy RMs based on bismuthborate systems are of great interest. In the earlier research, bismuth-borate RMs were used for comparison purposes in determining the composition of complex oxide systems using the X-ray fluorescence method. This work considers issues associated with the synthesis and application of bismuth-borate glassy RMs for determining the content of transition elements in oxide compounds and mixtures using luminescence analysis. Luminescence analysis was used as a research method due to its high selectivity and low detection limits with respect to elemental impurities in controlled objects (usually constituting 1 · 10–6–1 · 10–4 wt %). Bismuth-borate glassy RMs are shown to be capable of luminescence under UV radiation in the visible range at the temperature of 77 K. It is established that the introduction of the oxides of transition and rare earth elements (REE) into the RM composition leads to the quenching of the exciton emission band in the glasses studied at 77 K, as well as to the appearance of bands typical of REE ion radiation both at 77 K and at 298 K. Glassy RMs doped with transitionelement oxides are found to quench the luminescence of both bismuth and REE ions at the temperature of 77 K. On the basis of the results obtained, procedures for determining the content of quenching elements in oxide materials have been developed. The metrological characteristics of these procedures have been evaluated.

Atorvastatin: A Review of Analytical Methods for Pharmaceutical Quality Control and Monitoring.

Background: Atorvastatin, a lipid-regulating drug, was the best-selling drug in the world in the early 2000s. Thus, monitoring of this drug is important because it is accessible to a large portion of the population. In addition, its quality control is fundamental to provide quality medicines. Method of analysis can be the first step in the rational use of pharmaceuticals. Objective/Methods: In this context, a critical review of analytical methods present in the literature and official compendia for the pharmaceutical quality control of atorvastatin was made. Results: Among the analytical methods most used in the evaluation of atorvastatin, HPLC is highlighted, followed by HPLC coupled to MS, and spectrophotometry in UV. Tablets are the most studied pharmaceutical samples, and plasma is the most studied biological matrix. In the literature, studies with atorvastatin-based pharmaceutical products are more common than biological materials. Acetonitrile is the organic solvent most commonly used in the methods surveyed to evaluate atorvastatin. Conclusions: Currently, awareness of the impact that the analytical choice has on the health of the operator and the environment is growing. Therefore, the suitability of existing methods for the determination of atorvastatin can be made to adhere to the current analytical chemistry. In this way, the analytical, environmental, and human consciousness will remain united. Highlights: Although the literature shows interesting methods from an economic and environmental point of view, such as UV, Vis miniaturized, and TLC, they can still be improved to meet the requirements of the current sustainable analytical chemistry.

A Screening Method Based on Headspace-Ion Mobility Spectrometry to Identify Adulterated Honey.

Nowadays, adulteration of honey is a frequent fraud that is sometimes motivated by the high price of this product in comparison with other sweeteners. Food adulteration is considered a deception to consumers that may have an important impact on people’s health. For this reason, it is important to develop fast, cheap, reliable and easy to use analytical methods for food control. In the present research, a novel method based on headspace-ion mobility spectrometry (HS-IMS) for the detection of adulterated honey by adding high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has been developed. A Box–Behnken design combined with a response surface method have been used to optimize a procedure to detect adulterated honey. Intermediate precision and repeatability studies have been carried out and coefficients of variance of 4.90% and 4.27%, respectively, have been obtained. The developed method was then tested to detect adulterated honey. For that purpose, pure honey samples were adulterated with HFCS at different percentages (10–50%). Hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and principal component analysis (PCA) showed a tendency of the honey samples to be classified according to the level of adulteration. Nevertheless, a perfect classification was not achieved. On the contrary, a full classification (100%) of all the honey samples was performed by linear discriminant analysis (LDA). This is the first time the technique of HS-IMS has been applied for the determination of adulterated honey with HFCS in an automatic way.

Efficiency enhancement for indirect vector-controlled induction motor drive

ABSTRACTIn this paper, efficiency enhancement algorithms are developed and implemented on an indirect vector-controlled three-phase induction motor (IM) drive, and its performance under different operating conditions is analysed. The controllable electrical losses in the IM are minimised through the optimal control of direct axis (d-axis) stator current, and improvement in motor efficiency is achieved by weakening the rotor flux. The optimal d-axis stator current is also estimated using particle swarm optimisation (PSO) to validate the results obtained through analytical control method. The developed algorithms are tested under various operating conditions and the dynamic performance of the IM drive is analysed. The effectiveness of analytical and PSO-based efficiency optimisation control over conventional constant flux control, especially during light load at rated speed operation, is summarised. The effectiveness of the developed algorithm is validated experimentally through development of laboratory prototype set-up. The effect of parametric variation on efficiency, stator current, torque and speed of IM drive is studied through sensitivity analysis. The effect of variation in stator and rotor resistance due to change in operating temperature of the IM is also analysed and the robustness of the developed algorithm against parametric variations is demonstrated through simulation and experimental studies.

Water-soluble poly(n-vinylamides)as a basis for the synthesis of polymeric carriers of biologically active compounds

The method for preparation of copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone (VP) and N-vinylamine (VA) with high yield were developed; the method involves radical copolymerization of VP with N-vinylformamide(VFA) followed by the removal of formyl protecting group in the presence of inorganic acids. The optimal conditions for synthesis of copolymers with predefined compositions and molecular masses were determined. The influence of temperature, concentrations of reactants, and the nature of an acid on the rate of formyl group removal was estimated. Spectral and chromatographic methods of analytical control of the contents of residual monomers and formic acid (which forms during acidic hydrolysis of the copolymer) were developed.

Authenticity investigation of bovine tallow for biodiesel production via mass spectrometry: a comparison with traditional methodology

Biodiesel has emerged as a promising alternative to fossil fuels due to advantages related to sustainability and reduction of polluting gases emission and, in Brazil, the main raw materials used by biodiesel industry are soybean oil and bovine tallow, however, bovine tallow stands out due to its low cost, supply without competition with food market, high calorific value, high number of cetanes, and most importantly, because of its 100% conversion rate. It is produced by transesterification or esterification process of triglycerides with low content of free fatty acids or raw material rich in free fatty acids in the presence of a catalyst. The extensive usage of bovine tallow in biodiesel production values it, and similar to important commodities, it has also been frequently adulterated with the addition of specific products (frying residual oils and other animal fats from industrial by-products) decreasing the raw material quality. Consequently, there is a need for fast and reliable analytical methods for quality control. Therefore, this work evaluated the lipid quality of bovine tallow provided by biodiesel industry to confirm its authenticity; fatty acid composition was obtained by gas chromatography coupled with flame ionization detector. The lipid profile was obtained by fingerprint applying direct electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Additionally, the lipid profile obtained for bovine tallow samples were compared with the lipid profiles obtained for soybean oil, poultry oil and a standard bovine tallow. Conclusively, fraud in bovine tallow by poultry oil was observed in one sample.

Methods for Analytical Control of Darunavir Tablet Dosage Forms. Part II

Previously, targeted development of special procedures regulating analytical control methods for darunavir (DRV) dosage forms showed that the use of expensive imported reference standards (RSs) could be avoided. Part I discussed such procedures and their validation results. They were intended for sections Identity; Talc, Silica, and Titania; and Dissolution of the corresponding monographs. Part II continued the examination of procedures not requiring the use of RSs that were proposed for inclusion into sections of the monographs Side Impurities and Quantitative Determination. HPLC in gradient mode was proposed for estimating the contents of side impurities. The lower limit of quantitation of a separate impurity relative to DRV was 0.02%. The relative standard deviation (RSD) of the total impurity content was less than 10%. The DRV concentration in the section Quantitative Determination was proposed to be determined by direct UV spectrophotometry of the analyte in solution (pH ~ 9) using a procedure that required preliminary experimental determination of the specific absorption coefficient ( $$ {A}_{1\mathrm{cm}}^{1\%} $$ ) of the wavelength maximum at 267 nm for DRV in aqueous MeOH solutions (pH ~ 9). The experimental $$ {A}_{1\mathrm{cm}}^{1\%} $$ ) = 393.4 cm–1 (RSD < 1% at confidence level a = 0.05). Therefore, $$ {A}_{1\mathrm{cm}}^{1\%} $$ ) was a physicochemical constant. The RSD of results could be reduced to 1% and the analysis time shortened by 2 – 3 times because the preparation of RS solutions and measurements of their optical densities were obviated if $$ {A}_{1\mathrm{cm}}^{1\%} $$ ) was used for quantitative determinations of DRV by direct UV spectrophotometry.

Simultaneous analysis of spectinomycin, halquinol, zilpaterol, and melamine in feedingstuffs by ion-pair liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

A method for the simultaneous analysis of veterinary drug residues (spectinomycin, halquinol, and zilpaterol) and contaminants (melamine) in feedingstuffs by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry was developed. Method performance for all analytes was evaluated by reversed-phase liquid chromatography, reversed-phase with altered chemical equilibrium, and hydrophilic interaction (HILIC) as chromatographic modes. Validation was in accordance to Commission Decision 657/2002/CE, by considering the best chromatographic approach. Ion-pair liquid chromatography with C18 as stationary phase led to the lowest random uncertainties, effective analyte separation and shorter time of analysis. Low precision deviations and good recovery rates were obtained and thus method reliability and sensitivity could be consolidated. Method applicability was evaluated by the analysis of samples of feedingstuffs, such as cattle, pig, and poultry feeds, feed ingredients of both animal and vegetable origins, and mineral feeds. Some samples showed quantifiable concentrations of halquinol and zilpaterol, reinforcing the importance of this new analytical control method.

New Method for Determination of Total of Organic Sulfur Compounds in Hydrocarbon Media

A new rapid method for analytical control of sulfur compounds in hydrocarbon media using test agents has been developed. The method is based on the interaction of an indicator (solid-phase reagent) with sulfur-containing compounds and the subsequent detection of the product by linear-colorimetric and spectrophotometric means. A new rapid method with spectrophotometric and colorimetric detection has also been developed for quantitative determination of sulfur- and nitrogen-containing substances simultaneously present in hydrocarbon media.

PROBLEMS OF ANALYTICAL CONTROL IN PRODUCTION OF RARE AND PRECIOUS METALS

The article focuses on one of the important issues in rare and precious metals industry development – analytical control. It reviews the current state, importance, problems and prospects for analytical control development as an integral part of the rare and precious metal production and product quality assurance. Modern analytical control methods are described, namely atomic spectral, mass spectral, X-ray fluorescent and combined ones as well as their rational applications. It is shown that scientific and technological progress is inextricably linked with a drastic increase in the nomenclature of materials based on rare and precious metals and higher requirements for their quality. This will require creating new and improving existing analytical control methods, their standardization and metrological support. This work should involve research organizations in theRussianAcademy of Sciences, universities, industry research centers with research laboratories that have survived in the country after theSoviet Union dissolution, as well as promote plant research activities. It is necessary to effectively use the achievements of advanced analytical laboratories abroad, participate in international comparative tests. At the same time, special attention is paid to unsolved problems – scientifically justified statement of requirements for new types of products based on rare and precious metals; development and metrological assessment of sampling methods; development of high-quality metrological support for analytical control of rare and precious metal production; improvement of analytical methods; standardization of analytical methods; accreditation of analytical laboratories; training of highly qualified analytical chemists.