Quantitative LC-MS determination of strychnine in urine after ingestion of a Strychnos nux-vomica preparation and its consequences in doping control

Forensic Science International

Volumn 164, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 159-163

  Van Eenoo, P ^a   Deventer, K ^a   Roels, K ^a   Delbeke, F T ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Doping; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Strychnine; Urine

Indexed keywords

STRYCHNINE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRYCHNOS NUX VOMICA; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33750502003     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.12.029     Document Type: Article

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