Off-line HPLC method combined to LC-MS for the determination of sildenafil and its active metabolite in post-mortem human blood according to confirmation criteria

Forensic Science International

Volumn 178, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 192-198

  Pistos, Constantinos ^a   Papoutsis, Ioannis ^a   Dona, Artemis ^a   Stefanidou, Maria ^a   Athanaselis, Sotiris ^a   Maravelias, Constantinos ^a   Spiliopoulou, Chara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Confirmation criteria; HPLC UV vis; N Desmethylsildenafil; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; DISODIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; DRUG METABOLITE; N DESMETHYLSILDENAFIL; SILDENAFIL; SILICON DIOXIDE; TRIETHYLAMINE;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG USE; FLOW RATE; GREECE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 44349155278     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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