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Tracking Novel Psychoactive Substances in Australia: The Power of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology with SPE and LC-MS-MS

Tracking Novel Psychoactive Substances in Australia: The Power of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology with SPE and LC-MS-MS

ByUCT

New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) are synthetic drugs not regulated under the 1961 or 1971 Conventions, posing significant public health risks. Monitoring NPS is essential for public health, regulatory action, scientific research, and addressing community and environmental impacts. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a key method for studying these substances, combining toxicology, environmental science, and analytical chemistry…

UCT’s XtrackT® C18 Cartridges Featured in Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Analysis in Equine Urine for Doping Control

UCT’s XtrackT® C18 Cartridges Featured in Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Analysis in Equine Urine for Doping Control

ByUCT

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly implemented in the treatment of inflammation, pain and fever when used in therapeutic doses in human and veterinary medicine. The use of NSAIDs in racehorses is tightly regulated because of their ability to influence the performance of horses. For this reason, International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) published a…

XtrackT® Cited in New Psychoactive Substances Article

XtrackT® Cited in New Psychoactive Substances Article

ByUCT

In a recent paper published in Drug Testing and Analysis, UCT’s Xtract® solid phase extraction sorbent was used to extract a diverse range of new psychoactive substances (NPS) from samples of waste water. Temporal trends were found in wastewater with distinct tendencies for synthetic cathinones visible over the period studied.