Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid stability and formation in blood and urine

Forensic Science International

Volumn 161, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 158-162

  Beránková, Kateřina ^a   Mutňanská, Kateřina ^a   Balíková, Marie ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

GHB in blood and urine; GHB post mortem production; GHB stability and formation

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33746494068     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.01.017     Document Type: Article

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