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Hair analysis is growing in popularity due to the non-invasive nature of the sample collection. Although not used as routinely as other matrices such as blood or urine it does have advantages in that ...
Introduction Concentrations of Vitamin B1 (Thiamine Diphosphate, TDP) and B6 (Pyridoxal-5-Phosphate, PLP) in whole blood are measured clinically to measure various metabolic functions. Accurate concen...
Peptides are well suited for use as tool compounds to interrogate biological systems and processes due to their chameleonic ability to mimic a potential protein partner within the biological system of...
Introduction Whole blood is often the specimen of choice for detection of drugs in the forensic laboratory. Samples are typically extracted to remove interferences and isolate the analytes of interest...
Figure 1. Structure of Diazepam Introduction This application note describes the extraction of benzodiazepine compounds from whole blood, prior to GC/MS analysis. This protocol also allows the simulta...
The utility of aminoglycoside antimicrobial additives and foods has recently been challenged due to the effects of bioaccumulation in an animal host. The persistence of these selected residues may res...
Peptide drug discovery efforts are increasing as unbiased screening technologies have improved and strategies to evaluate passive cell permeability have been defined. As a result, the demand for synth...
I am Adrian Wünsche, a young scientist at the Helmoltz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf (HZDR), and I am a Ph.D. student beginning my work in the Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research under the s...
At the Forensic Medicine Lab at Toho University, researchers use ISOLUTE® SLE+ cartridges from Biotage. When dealing with samples that easily form emulsions like urine or blood, it allows researchers ...
“We have been working with a Biotage® Initiator+ Alstra™ since January 2013. During this period, the instrument has proved both efficient and robust, enabling us to successfully accomplish a substanti...