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UCT at Emerald Conference Feb 26-29th!
UCT is excited to again participate in Emerald Conference 2020. Our regional representative Debby Miller along with our Technical Specialist, Melissa Chandler will be present all show to meet with current and prospective customers. Product headlines for 2020 include our rugged Selectra® C18 Column and corresponding method for a simple and robust method for the…
Clean Screen® DAU cited in research on simultaneous analysis of Caffeine and metabolites by GCMS
Caffeine and its major metabolites; Theobromine, Theophylline and Paraxanthine are routinely monitored by anti-doping agencies as potential performance enhancers. Similar precursors and product ions of Theophylline and Paraxanthine makes the LCMS analysis of this panel very challenging. The aim of the study was to develop an efficient extraction and analysis method for caffeine and metabolites…
Happy Veteran’s Day to our honorable service men and women from all of us at UCT!
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them – President John F. Kennedy
UCT ZSDAU020 Columns Cited in Methamphetamine Primate Study
Amphetamine-type stimulants, including methamphetamine, are the world’s second most commonly used illicit drug (surpassed only by marijuana), with at least 30 million people using it regularly. In a recent paper published by D.V.Vaupel et al working with the scientists at National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), UCT’s flagship sorbent Clean Screen® DAU (ZSDAU020) was employed to extract and analyze methamphetamine from the whole blood of eight male rhesus monkeys to gain a better toxilogical understanding of the long-term effects of these compounds.
UCT Clean Up® Solid Phase Extraction Sorbent cited in Mycotoxin Study
In a recent paper authored by Lia D. Murty et al., published in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b00963), UCT’s Clean Up® solid phase extraction silica was employed in the study of co-exposure of the mycotoxins Lolitrem B and Ergovaline in steers fed perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) straw. Past research showed a strong linear correlation between levels of the two mycotoxins in ryegrass.
UCT preparing to open first international office and manufacturing site in Wexford, Ireland
UCT, Inc has seen tremendous growth internationally over the past decade. As part of efforts to better serve its channel partners and customers, UCT began exploring opportunities to expand its physical presence internationally.