Monitoring Alcohol Abstinence using the CAMAG DBS-MS 500
The CAMAG laboratory have produced a fully validated, automated method using the CAMAG DBS-MS 500 system for the online extraction of Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) from Dried Blood Spot (DBS) samples with immediate analysis by LC-MS. Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) is a direct biomarker for alcohol that is accumulates in the blood after alcohol consumption and has been shown to be retained in the body for up to 12 days. PEth is formed when the consumed ethanol binds to the membrane o