Drugs of Abuse Method Development Guide0 pages
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BIOANALYSIS/DRUGS OF ABUSE
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LC/MS methods are rapidly becoming an important
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tool for drug screening and confirmation because
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they typically don’t require a derivatization step, and
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You can simplify and optimize method development
even further using new technologies from Agilent.
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QUICK-REFERENCE METHOD GUIDE
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•t any drugs of abuse are challenging to analyze because of factors, such as
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volatility, hydrophobicity, and “stickiness” to glass and plastic.
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