A validated method for the analysis of cannabinoids in post-mortem blood using liquid-liquid extraction and two-dimensional gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Forensic Science International

Volumn 222, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 111-117

  Andrews, Rebecca ^a   Paterson, Sue ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannabinoids; Post mortem blood; Two dimensional GC MS

Indexed keywords

11 HYDROXYDRONABINOL; CANNABIDIOL; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOL; DRONABINOL; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865652730     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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