Avalidated method for simultaneous screening and quantification of twenty-three benzodiazepines and metabolites plus zopiclone and zaleplone in whole blood by liquid-liquid extraction and ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 332-341

  Simonsen, Kirsten Wiese ^a   Hermansson, Sigurd ^b   Steentoft, Anni ^a   Linnet, Kristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Box 485   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

7 AMINO 1,3 DIHYDRO 5 PHENYL 2H 1,4 BENZODIAZEPIN 2 ONE; 7 AMINOCLONAZEPAM; 7 AMINOFLUNITRAZEPAM; ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMAZEPAM; BROTIZOLAM; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; DEMOXEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ESTAZOLAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; LORMETAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; NITRAZEPAM; NORDAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZALEPLON; ZOPICLONE; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; AZABICYCLO DERIVATIVE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTROSPRAY; HUMAN; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARD; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY; BLOOD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ACETAMIDES; AZABICYCLO COMPOUNDS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HUMANS; PIPERAZINES; PYRIMIDINES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 78049504396     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 01464760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/34.6.332     Document Type: Article

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