The best/cheapest way to detect Gentamicin release rate from implant?

Panarin Chinavinijkul @Panarin-Chinavinijkul

03 March 2017 0 9K Report

I was looking around for method to determine the amount of Gentamicin released from an implant but all the methods I found involved either derivation, HPLC, CE, etc. I was wondering what is the best/cheapest method to use to measure Gentamicin released rate from an implant?

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