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Reports from National Institute on Drug Abuse describe recent advances in life sciences
Published in Medical Imaging Week, April 18th, 2009
A new study, 'Simultaneous quantification of nicotine, opioids, cocaine, and metabolites in human fetal postmortem brain by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry,' is now available. "A validated method for simultaneous LCMSMS quantification of nicotine, cocaine, 6-acetylmorphine (6AM), codeine, and metabolites in 100 mg fetal human brain was developed and validated. After homogenization and solid-phase extraction, analytes were resolved on a Hydro-RP analytical column with gradient elution," researchers in the United States report.
"Empirically determined linearity was from 5-5,000 pg/mg for cocaine and benzoylecgonine (BE), 25-5,000 pg/mg for cotinine,...
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Source: Medical Imaging Week (2009-04-18)
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