Post-mortem redistribution of three beta-blockers in the rabbit

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 226-232

  Pélissier Alicot, Anne Laure ^a   Gaulier, Jean Michel ^b   Dupuis, Carine ^b   Feuerstein, Marc ^a   Léonetti, Georges ^a   Lachâtre, Gérard ^b,c   Marquet, Pierre ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Beta blockers; K p; Lipophilicity; Post mortem redistribution; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METOPROLOL; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; THIOPENTAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BILE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAPHRAGM; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEART MUSCLE; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; LIPOPHILICITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STOMACH; URINE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VITREOUS BODY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ATENOLOL; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METOPROLOL; MODELS, ANIMAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PROPRANOLOL; RABBITS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33745200288     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-005-0022-5     Document Type: Article

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