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Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPSs) are drugs that have been made to have similar effects to common drugs of abuse. For example, synthetic opioids like fentanyl were created to make the user think th...
Confused about how to choose the right sample preparation technique for your compound? Don't know if Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) or Supported Liquid Extraction (SLE) would be best for your sample pre...
Understanding the chemical properties of the compounds in your sample matrix, both the ones you want to detect and the ones you want to eliminate, is necessary for successful method development. Is th...
Urine hydrolysis is a part of sample preparation that we do to eliminate glucuronides before urine analysis. So first, what are glucuronides? And why do we want to get rid of them? In this post, I’ll ...
One of the key features of the so called "in-well hydrolysis" is that it can be a time saver for high throughput labs, which makes it look very appealing. In this blog post, I will be discussing some ...
Taking the time to develop a Supported Liquid Extraction (SLE) method using easy steps can save you hours or days of headaches down the road as well as giving you the peace of mind that you’re getting...
Supported Liquid Extraction (SLE) is a sample preparation technique that has been in use for over ten years now, but many analytical chemists don’t know about, or understand the best way to do an SLE ...
For many of us developing an analytical assay requires numerous experiments in addition to lots of data review, and yet despite the feeling of confidence in our success, how reliable is our assay real...
How the acid dissociation constant (pKa) affects sample preparation method development? Knowing and understanding the pKa of your compounds tells you if the compound can be ionized, and under what con...
Mixed mode Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) phases have become very popular for sample clean-up prior to analysis using mass spectrometry. Having the capability to retain compounds by two modes of interac...