“…With regards to the detection of salbutamol, several techniques have also been described in the literature, e.g. high performance thin layer chromotography (HPTLC) (Colthup et al 1985), radio-immunoassay (RIA) (Loo et al 1987), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with electrochemical (Oosterhuis and van Boxtel 1982, Tan and Soldin, 1984, Emmet al 1988, Sagar et al 1993 or fluorescence detection (Hutchings et al 1983, Miller and Greenblatt 1986, McCarthy et al 1993, or gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS) in the electron impact (El) mode (Martin et al 1976) or under positive chemical ionization (PCI) using ammonia (Leferink etal. 1982, WeisenbergereiaZ.…”