We analyze a wide variety of pharmaceuticals, hormones, chiral chemicals and drugs of abuse in different water matrices (drinking water, river water, wastewater influent and effluent) and in fish tissue with accelerated solvent extraction (ASE). Samples are collected and preserved then transported to the lab on ice. They are then extracted with solid phase extraction (SPE) manually or automated on the Autotrace. Samples are blown down to dryness under a gentle stream of nitrogen from the Turbovap and then reconstituted in solvent. They are stored at -20C until analysis by LC-MS/MS.
Our lab is well equipped with state-of-the-art instruments for trace analysis of organic contaminants including emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, hormones (estrogens/androgens) and industrial contaminants.
2 Liquid Chromatograph Mass Spectrometers (LC-MS/MS)
Gas Chromatograph - Mass Selective Detector (GC-MSD)
LC-Fraction Collector for EDA (identifying bioactive chemicals)
Automatic sample preparation
Accelerated Solvent Extraction (ASE)
Nitrogen evaporation
Manual solid phase extraction
