The reagent on-board stability of the specific enzyme, GHB dehydrogenase, is significantly improved now. The enzyme is stable for 8 weeks even at storage temperature up to 15°C which is used in several clinical chemistry analyzers. In the last few years the amount of seizures of GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyric acid) continuously increased. Besides the well described

Determination of GHB (liquid Ecstasy) in human samples was a challenge until today. Expensive and laborious chromatographic methods did not allow the prompt determination of suspicious samples. The BÜHLMANN GHB enzymatic assay will give the toxicology laboratories a quick, easy and cost efficient screening tool to investigate even samples with lower suspicion. The GHB enzymatic assay

BÜHLMANN announces the coming release of an automated enzymatic assay for quantitative measurement of urine and serum GHB. The assay will allow a direct and easy quantification of exogenous intake of GHB within 10 minutes.