Assessment of the stability of the ethanol metabolite ethyl sulfate in standardised degradation tests

Forensic Science International

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 52-55

  Halter, Claudia C ^a   Laengin, Andreas ^a   Al Ahmad, Ali ^a   Wurst, Friedrich M ^b   Weinmann, Wolfgang ^a   Kuemmerer, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacterial degradation; Ethyl sulfate; OECD test; Stability

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ETHYL SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; MANOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 62549098550     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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