Given the following drugs in a urine specimen: Cocaine alkaloid Secobarbital (a derivative of barbituric acid) Carisoprodol (a neutral drug)      Devise an analytical flow chart that will be used to separate these substances from a urine specimen. The separation will be liquid extraction methods. Choose appropriate solvents and reagents based on the properties of the materials to be separated.

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. Given the following drugs in a urine specimen:

  • Cocaine alkaloid
  • Secobarbital (a derivative of barbituric acid)
  • Carisoprodol (a neutral drug)

     Devise an analytical flow chart that will be used to separate these substances from a urine specimen. The separation will be liquid extraction methods. Choose appropriate solvents and reagents based on the properties of the materials to be separated.

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