Concentration profiles of cocaine, pyrolytic methyl ecgonidine and thirteen metabolites in human blood and urine: Determination by gas chromatorgraphy-mass spectrometry

Biomedical Chromatography

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 677-688

  Paul, Buddha D ^a   Lalani, Shairose ^a   Bosy, Thomas ^a   Jacobs, Aaron J ^a   Huestis, Marilyn A ^b  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas chromatography mass spectroscopy; Human blood and urine; Metabolite concentrations; Use of smoked cocaine and alcohol

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; BLOOD; DRUG PRODUCTS; ESTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHASE SEPARATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANALYTES; BENZOYLECGONINE; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROSCOPIES; HUMAN BLOODS; HUMAN URINE; METABOLITE CONCENTRATIONS; POST MORTEM; PYROLYTIC PRODUCTS; USE OF SMOKED COCAINE AND ALCOHOL;

METABOLITES;

3 HYDROXYBENZOYLECGONINE; 4 HYDROXYBENZOYLECGONINE; BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; COCAINE DERIVATIVE; ECGONINE; ECGONINE METHYL ESTER; ETHYL ECGONINE; HOMOCOCAINE; METHYL ECGONINE; NORBENZOYLECGONINE; NORCOCAINE; NORHOMOCOCAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CADAVER; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; SMOKING; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 28444485280     PISSN: 02693879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmc.495     Document Type: Article

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