Quantitative analysis of carisoprodol and meprobamate in whole blood using benzylcarbamate and deuterated meprobamate as internal standards

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 278-282

  Downey, Delisa ^a   Simons, Kelsie ^a   Ota, Kenji ^b   Kerrigan, Sarah ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b California Department of Justice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYLCARBAMATE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARISOPRODOL; DEUTERATED MEPROBAMATE; MEPROBAMATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STANDARD;

EID: 68949157006     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 01464760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/33.5.278     Document Type: Article

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