The removal of interferences and sample concentration are essential steps in trace level detection of pesticides, sheep dips, herbicides and PCBs in river water, wastewaters and trade effluents. The following methods were developed by the Environment Agency National Laboratory Service facility at Nottingham using the Biotage RapidTrace for automated solid phase extraction and the TurboVap II for evaporation. The procedures are UKAS accredited and can reach detection limits of 0.001 ug/Litre for some compounds.

Application Notes Environmental Environmental contaminants Organophosphates RapidTrace Water

EPA methods 8260 & 8270 cover the analysis of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in ground & surface waters. This also now includes 1,4-dioxane and PCBs. This application note will focus on the automated SPE of the sample rather than the detection which usually involves GCMS or LCMS. NB The columns and reagents used for soils and sediment analysis differ to ground water extraction.

Application Notes Environmental Environmental contaminants RapidTrace Soil

The extraction and segregation of Organic compounds from core samples taken from marine sediments is used to predict climate conditions, reconstruct sea temperatures and identify the type of vegetation from the C3 ( Temperate cli-mate) and C4 ( Tropical Climate) isotopic mass spectroscopy ratio analysis.

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) can be found in a number of water types, such as drinking water, surface water, ground water and wastewater. There are serval types of extraction techniques that can be implemented to remove them from water for measurement including liquid-liquid extraction (LLE), continuous liquid-liquid extraction (CLLE) and solid phase extraction (SPE). With LLE and CLLE there is little selectivity within the methods for difficult matrices or other compound interferences.

5000 Application Notes Disk Drinking water English Environmental GC-MS Ground water PAHs Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) Waste water

With the widespread clinical use of antidepressant drugs comes the need to accurately measure therapeutic lev-els to determine proper dosage, as well as check for toxic levels and patient compliance. More and more laboratories are shifting their therapeutic drug monitor-ing from liquid extraction to solid phase extraction. A large clinical laboratory has automated the process of extracting these drugs from serum using the RapidTrace SPE Workstation.

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This study shows that the Biotage® 4790 Automated Extractor system, along with the Atlantic™ DVB disk, the DryDisk® separation membrane, and the DryVap® Concentrator System can be successfully used to analyze for Nonyl Phenol and Bisphenyl A in water samples. This sample preparation process is fully automated, requiring minimal human intervention, and allowing for reductions in sample processing costs.

5000 Application Notes Bisphenol A Disk Drinking water Endocrine disrupter English Environmental Environmental contaminants GC-MS Nonyl phenol Water

When analyzing human urine for drugs of abuse, one of the most common tests is for the cocaine metabolite Benzoylecgonine (BZE). A contract laboratory has automated this labor intensive procedure using the RapidTrace.

Application Notes Benzoylecgonine Column Drugs of Abuse Forensic GC-MS RapidTrace Urine

Using the TLC to step gradient is simple and fast requiring only a minute or so to enter the data into the Isolera and create the method. The methods are scalable to larger cartridges increasing purification savings even more.

Posters

Synthesis of branched peptides is very challenging. Here we show the synthesis of a complex multi-branched peptide and how this process can be simplified using Branches™.

Application Notes

We demonstrate the capability of the Biotage® Initiator+ Alstra™ microwave peptide synthesizer to fully automate the on-resin synthesis of cyclic peptides with examples showing disulfide bridge formation and side-chain to side-chain cyclization respectively.

Application Notes

This poster describes the automation of a method for extraction of ochratoxin A from red wine using ISOLUTE Myco SPE columns on the RapidTrace workstation. Presented at Pittcon 2014, Chicago, USA.

Column English Food LC-MS/MS Mycotoxin Ochratoxin A Posters RapidTrace Wine (red)

This guide describes simple practical strategies, hints and tips designed to mitigate or avoid cross-well contamination or ‘cross talk’ in high throughput 96-well based sample preparation techniques.

96-well plate Brochures Clinical English Forensic Pharma

This month’s topic of discussion will be on the drying capability of the DryVap® Concentrator System. The focus will be on how to properly dry your extracts and what to avoid.

Tech Tips

This poster presents a method for detection of approximately 100 drugs and metabolites in urine using mixed-mode polymeric cation exchange solid phase extraction (SPE). Four different glucuronidase enzymes and several incubation times and temperatures were evaluated to determine optimum hydrolysis conditions for seven commonly detected glucuronide metabolites. Samples were subjected to offline hydrolysis and SPE (EVOLUTE® EXPRESS CX, Biotage, Charlotte, NC) and results compared to an SPE plate that incorporates in-well hydrolysis (EVOLUTE HYDRO CX, Biotage). MSACL 2018, Palm Springs, CA

96-well plate Clinical Drugs of Abuse English Forensic Hydrolysed urine LC-MS/MS Pain Management Posters Urine

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The definitive guide to flash chromatography. This document presents in detail the broad selection of ways that materials for purification can be loaded onto a flash cartridge.

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This brochure presents the extensive range of instrumentation for flash purification from Biotage. To complement these products Biotage also offers a complete range of flash consumables, including columns in a variety of sizes packed with irregular and spherical silica, making Biotage your one-stop partner for your flash purification needs. Keywords: Isolera™ Dalton, Isolera™ Spektra, 10 Isolera™ Spektra One and Four, Isolera™ Spektra LS (Large Scale), Isolera™ Prime, Isolera™ ELSD-1080, Biotage® Flash 75/150, Biotage® Flash 400

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Biotage KP-NH TLC plates come in a 10 x 10 cm format. The glass has been pre-scored to provide four 2.5 x 10 cm plates when appropriately snapped.

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Biotage® Metal Scavenging Toolkit is an essential tool that can enable you to quickly and efficiently find the right metal scavenger for your application. It contains protocols, guidance and recommendations for working in batch mode or passing solutions through a fixed bed, this all in one kit showcases the metal scavengers and provides practical information on how to use the metal scavengers in your application for the best results.

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With a Biotage Service Agreement you avoid unexpected expenses and order administration for service visits. Biotage systems covered by a Service Agreement receive priority service attention.

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On Aug 30, 2017 a scientific literature search for the keywords Biotage AND peptide was performed by Biotage personnel. The search identified 5380 peer-reviewed publications from the global community, excluding patents and simple citations. Below are approximately 100 titles illustrating the breadth and depth of research in which Biotage tools are utilized.

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The versatility of Biotage® V-10 enables evaporation of single samples (up to 12 mL) or large pooled volumes using V-10 pumps (syringe or peristaltic). Adding the automated vial loading/changing carousel enables unattended evaporation of up to 16 samples.

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The SPE-Z Prep manifold is a low-cost solution for disk solid phase extraction (SPE). The SPE-Z Prep manifold simultaneously processes up to 3 samples with easy-to-use rugged hardware. The multipurpose funnel (shown in Figure 1) allows easy sample loading with a variety of sample bottles and disk holder combinations on a single system. The SPE-Z Prep manifold allows the use of SPE disks instead of liquid-liquid extraction, increasing efficiency, especially since the possibility of an emulsion forming is greatly reduced.

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