Simultaneous determination of eleven tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressant drugs in human serum by wide-bore capillary gas chromatography with nitrogen-phosphorus detection

Japanese Journal of Forensic Toxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 217-225

  Terada, Masaru ^a   Shinozuka, Tatsuo ^b   Tanaka, Einosuke ^b   Osman, Mohammad Kamal ^a   Tun, Zaw ^a   Ikawa, Nami ^a   Fujimoto, Yuji ^a   Honda, Katsuya ^a   Yanagida, Jun Ichi ^b   Misawa, Shogo ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Analytical toxicology; Gas chromatography (GC); Human serum; Nitrogen phosphorus detection (NPD); Tetracyclic antidepressants; Tricycylic antidepressants; Wide bore capillary

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; TETRACYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION;

EID: 0031441127     PISSN: 09159606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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