Determination of opiates in whole blood and vitreous humor: A study of the matrix effect and an experimental design to optimize conditions for the enzymatic hydrolysis of glucuronides

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 162-170

  Sanches, Livia Rentas ^a   Seulin, Saskia Carolina ^a   Leyton, Vilma ^a   Paranhos, Beatriz Aparecida Passos Bismara ^a   Pasqualucci, Carlos Augusto ^a   Muñaoz, Daniel Romero ^a   Osselton, Michael David ^b   Yonamine, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 3 GLUCURONIDE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; MORPHINE 6 GLUCURONIDE; OPIATE; TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVE; 6-O-MONOACETYLMORPHINE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; GLUCURONIDE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVE; MORPHINE-3-GLUCURONIDE; MORPHINE-6-GLUCURONIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUG DETERMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; VITREOUS BODY; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

CALIBRATION; CODEINE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUCURONIDASE; GLUCURONIDES; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MORPHINE DERIVATIVES; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84863592029     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 19452403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/bks007     Document Type: Article

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