A molecularly imprinted polymer for recognising selectively 2,3,7,8tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD) was made by a new non-covalent method employing a “dummy” template. The proposed way represents a simplification of a synthetic scheme proposed by Lübke et al.[1] for covalent imprinting. Comparison of extraction yields of the novel polymer, a non imprinted polymer and an imprinting polymer, prepa...

A systematic, comprehensive strategy that optimizes sample preparation and chromatography to minimize matrix effects in bioanalytical LC/MS/MS assays was developed. Comparisons were made among several sample preparation methods, including protein precipitation (PPT), liquid-liquid extraction (LLE), pure cation exchange solid-phase extraction (SPE), reversed-phase SPE and mixed-mode SPE. The inf...

A simple, highly sensitive, accurate and selective method for determination of trace amounts of Ni2+ in water samples. In this paper, Dioctylphthalate (DOP) was used to encapsulate nano-Fe3O4 and produce a nano-Fe3O4-DOP sorbent based new sorbent was prepared. This was treated with ethylenediamine (ED) in another solvent-free procedure for the formation of a novel nano-Fe3O4-DOP-ED. Flame atomi...

Liquid-liquid extraction-thin layer chromatography (LLE-TLC) has been a common and routine combined method for detection of drugs in biological materials. Solid-phase extraction (SPE) is gradually replacing the traditional LLE method. High performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) has several advantages over TLC. The present work studied the higher efficiency of a new SPE-HPTLC method over ...

Abbreviations: LLOQ: Lower Limit of Quantification; QC: Quality Control; LQC: Low QC; MQC: Middle QC; HQC: High QC; SPE: Solid Phase Extraction; MRM: Multiple Reaction Monitoring; CV: Coefficient of Variation; RE: Relative Error; QqTOF: Quadrupole-QuadrupoleTime-Of-Flight; FDA: Food and Drug Administration; EMA: European Medicines Agency; XIC: Extracted-Ion Chromatogram; AUC: Area under the Cur...

This technical note explains the disadvantages of manual solid phase extraction (SPE) techniques and the benefits to be gained with automatic systems. The note reports on a number of general and highly specific applications using the Sample Preparation Unit OSP-2A.

A sensitive, reliable, and automated solid-phase extraction (SPE) method was developed for the simultaneous extraction, confirmation, and quantitation of Ag-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and 11-nor-9-carboxy-A%tetrahydrocannabinol (THCCOOH) from whole blood. The extraction was performed on the Zymark RapidTrace SPF Workstation with a reduced solvent volume SPE copolymer cartridge. Quantitative ana...

Extraction of trace amounts of toxic heavy metals from complicated environmental matrixes is a  challenging task. The aim of this investigation is the comparison of the extraction efficiencies and other related experimental variables ( chemicals, effect of pH, potential interfering ions) on the determination of inorganic lead ( ) which is present in waste water of dye industries. Compared techn...

N-Arachidonoylethanolamine (AEA, anandamide) was the first endocannabinoid to be identified and has since become associated with the mediation of several physiological functions and disease states. AEA has been isolated from numerous tissues and biofluids, in the low nanomolar range, using lipid extraction techniques with organic solvents. These techniques require the drying down of relatively ...

extraction of trace amounts of toxic heavy metals from complicated environmental matrixes is a  challenging task. the aim of this investigation is the comparison of the extraction efficiencies and other related experimental variables ( chemicals, effect of ph, potential interfering ions) on the determination of inorganic lead ( ) which is present in waste water of dye industries. compared techn...