Development and validation of a reliable method for studying the distribution pattern for opiates metabolites in brain

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-130

  Guerrini, Katia ^a   Argo, Antonella ^b   Borroni, Cristina ^a   Catalano, Daria ^a   Dell'Acqua, Lucia ^a   Farè, Fiorenza ^a   Procaccianti, Paolo ^b   Roda, Gabriella ^a   Gambaro, Veniero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Medicina Legale e delle Assicurazioni Policlinico Universitario   (Italy)

Author keywords

Codeine; Heroin; Morphine; Post mortem brain specimen

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN; CODEINE; DRUG OVERDOSE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MORPHINE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84869498514     PISSN: 07317085     EISSN: 1873264X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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