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Glucuronides in Pain Management

Norman Roberts of Liverpool University Hospital asked me the following question concerning the use of Disposible Pipette Extraction for the measurement of pain management drugs in urine, having just read a copy of a poster on the topic: I am … Continue reading

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Automating the Analysis of Urinary Free Cortisol

The measurement of urinary free cortisol is used in the investigation of possible Cushing’s syndrome. Cortisol is a steroid-hormone synthesized from cholesterol by a multienzyme cascade in the adrenal glands. It is the main glucocorticoid in humans and acts as … Continue reading

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Time to Change the Way you Extract Water Samples?

If you are an environmental analyst workin with GC-MS, sample preparation by solid phase extraction is an attractive alternative to liquid-liquid extraction when working with water samples. Unfortunately it doesn’t always work out in practice. There are a number of … Continue reading

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