Cortisol measurement in hair samples scan be a useful indicator of chronic stress. This poster compares a new LC-MS/MS method with an existing immunoassay based method. The Biotage Bead Ruptor is used effectively for hair pre-treatment. MSACL 2016

Bead Ruptor Clinical Corticosteroids Cortisol English Hair LC-MS/MS Posters

This application note describes the extraction of amphetamine and amphetamine-style compounds from hair matrix prior to GC/MS analysis following bead homogenization.

Amphetamine Amphetamines Application Notes Bead Ruptor Clinical Column Drugs of Abuse English Forensic GC-MS Hair MDA MDEA MDMA Methamphetamine

Hair is a useful matrix for drug analysis, as it can be used to show historical drug use. Parent drugs are often present in high concentrations, and the matrix is stable over time. This poster describes the use of the Biotage® Lysera to pulverise and extract hair samples, with ISOLUTE® SLE+ supported liquid extraction columns to clean up the samples prior to analysis. Limits of quantitation set by the Society of Hair Testing for amphetamines are achievable with the described method (0.2 ng/mg). SoHT 2017, Cardiff UK

Amphetamine Amphetamines Bead Ruptor Column Drugs of Abuse English Forensic GC-MS Hair MDA MDEA MDMA Methamphetamine Posters

This poster examines the use of ISOLUTE SLE+ columns as an alternative to SPE for the extraction and clean up of hair samples containing drugs of abuse. SLE was found to be a simple, faster alternative to SPE for this type of analysis. AAFS 2015

6-acetylmorphine (MAM) Benzoylecgonine Cocaine Cocaines Codeine Column Drugs of Abuse English Forensic GC-MS Hair Methadone Morphine Posters