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News|Articles|March 10, 2026

Automated LLE for forensic toxicology

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The last AppNote in this Newsletter shows how liquid-liquid extraction of xylazine and medetomidine in plasma and urine can be fully automated and seamlessly combined with LC-MS/MS analysis. All critical steps - including extraction, mixing, centrifugation, evaporation, and solvent exchange - are performed by the MPS, enabling high-throughput workflows with excellent accuracy and precision at low concentration levels.


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