Influence of preservatives on the stability of ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulphate in urine

Forensic Science International

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 41-45

  Thierauf, Annette ^a   Serr, Annerose ^a   Halter, Claudia C ^a   Al Ahmad, Ali ^a   Rana, Sumandeep ^b   Weinmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Redwood Toxicology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial decomposition; Ethyl glucuronide; Ethyl sulphate; Preservatives

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BORIC ACID; CHLORHEXIDINE; DRUG ADDITIVE; ETHYLGLUCURONIDE; ETHYLPARABENE; ETHYLSULFATE; PRESERVATIVE; PROPIONATE SODIUM; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; FREEZING; INCUBATION TIME; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 56349149962     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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