https://www.selleckchem.com/products/FK-506-(Tacrolimus).html 1 ng/mL and limit of quantification (LOQ) of 1 ng/mL. Imprecision (% relative standard deviation) and bias (%) were less than 12.8% and 5.7%, respectively. The method had good specificity and selectivity when challenged with 10 different matrix sources and 36 pharmaceuticals and drugs of abuse at concentrations of 100 or 500 ng/mL. The method was successfully applied to authentic urine samples. MEPS was an efficient semi-automatic extraction technique, requiring small volumes of organic solvents (640 µL) and sample (200 µL). The cartridges can be cleaned and reused (average of 150 sample extractions/barrel inside and needle).In this work, the use of different solvents and temperatures was explored, aiming to evaluate their influence on the enantioseparation of pesticides by HPLC in polar-organic conditions, employing a column containing immobilized amylose tris(3-chloro-5-methylphenyl-carbamate). The chiral separation of seventeen different pesticides widely used as herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and precursors were studied. The mobile phases included methanol, ethanol, iso-propanol, n-propanol and acetonitrile; either pure or containing additives such as diethylamine, trifluoroacetic acid, formic acid, acetic acid or mixtures thereof. We studied the influence of these eluents on chiral separation of those pesticides in terms of retention factor, enantioselectivity, enantioresolution and peak symmetry. Regarding temperature influence, evaluated within the range 5 - 40 °C, nearly all the compounds decreased their retention and selectivity factors with the increase in temperature, although the effect was dependent on the mobile phase solvent. Moreover, estimation of thermodynamic parameters was performed based on linear van´t Hoff plots.Effect-directed analysis (EDA) is increasingly used in environmental monitoring to detect and identify key toxicants. High-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC