“…In order to obtain a suitable limit of 2 Chromatography Research International quantification (LOQ) for the determination of meloxicam and piroxicam in biological samples several different processes have been used. Some of the methods employed include liquid-liquid extractions using diethyl ether [3,5,7,12,16] or methylene chloride [18,19], protein precipitation [4,6,13,17], precolumn enrichment [8,9,15], and solid phase extraction [11]. In many of the liquid-liquid extraction methods developed, large amounts of organic solvents are needed.…”