The effect of postmortem interval on the concentrations of cocaine and cocaethylene in blood and tissues: An experiment using rats

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-133

  Moriya, Fumio ^a   Hashimoto, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

animal model; cocaethylene; cocaine; drug alcohol interactions; forensic science; forensic toxicology; gas chromatography mass spectrometry; postmortem stability of cocaine; rat; toxicology

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; HOMOCOCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER METABOLISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0030052670     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs13909j     Document Type: Article

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