Urine tested positive for ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate after the consumption of yeast and sugar

Forensic Science International

Volumn 202, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages

  Thierauf, Annette ^a   Wohlfarth, Ariane ^a   Auwärter, Volker ^a   Perdekamp, Markus Große ^a   Wurst, Friedrich Martin ^b   Weinmann, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Ethyl glucuronide; Ethyl sulfate; Fermentation; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; ETHYL SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUGAR INTAKE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 79958251836     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.06.028     Document Type: Article

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