Prescribing practice trends

Jensen, P.S., Vitiello, B., Bhatara, V., Hoagwood, K., and Fell, M. (1999b) Current trends in psychotropic prescribing practices. Clinical and policy implications. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 5 557-565. 

The validation of the microwave-assisted extraction technique was performed by comparing the values obtained to that of the standard samples and by performing conventional prescribed official methods associated with each products under study. Table 2 presents a summary of data presented in references [19] and [20]. The results demonstrate that, in all cases, the microwave-assisted extraction procedures yielded data that were, for all practical purposes, similar to the accreditation values of fat content obtained for the same samples using conventional official methods. These results support the current trend whereby several microwave-assisted extraction methods are being evaluated for accreditation purposes. This trend is not exclusive to food analysis [27]. 

---