Method efficiency (%)
Ion Source Extraction method QC  samples
LQC MQC HQC
ESI Solid Phase Extraction 80.9 82.2 79.4
Liquid Liquid Extraction 66.8 56.8 63.0
Protein Precipitation 15.2 10.2 28.0
APCI Solid Phase Extraction 84.4 88.7 83.2
Liquid Liquid Extraction 65.9 54.1 62.7
Protein Precipitation 14.4 10.6 13.8
Table 6: Method efficiency of bosentan across all QC levels after extraction with different techniques and analyzed on different ion source in MS (n=6).