Simultaneous determination of flunitrazepam and its metabolites in plasma and urine by HPLC/DAD after solid phase extraction

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 707-715

  He, Weidong ^a   Parissis, Nicholas ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diode array detection; Flunitrazepam; High performance liquid chromatography; Metabolite; Plasma; Solid phase extraction; Urine

Indexed keywords

DRUG METABOLITE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TECHNIQUE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TRIAZOLAM;

EID: 0031468593     PISSN: 07317085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0731-7085(97)00185-4     Document Type: Article

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