Methods for Determination of Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds – A Brief Review of Recent Advances

Recent trends in development of methods for screening and diagnosis of environmental pollutants such as dioxin and dioxin-like compounds utilizing chemical and bioanalytical detection, their principles and advantages/limitations are described in the present literature review. This study briefly summarizes methods for determination of dioxin and dioxin-like compounds based on chemical methods, biological receptor ligands, enzyme-inducing compounds and artificial peptides.