Fast targeted analysis of 132 acidic and neutral drugs and poisons in whole blood using LC-MS/MS

Forensic Science International

Volumn 243, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-43

  Di Rago, Matthew ^a   Saar, Eva ^a   Rodda, Luke N ^a,b   Turfus, Sophie ^a   Kotsos, Alex ^a   Gerostamoulos, Dimitri ^a,b   Drummer, Olaf H ^a,b  

^a VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acidic; Blood; Drugs; LC MS MS; Neutral; Poisons; Screen; Systematic toxicological analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIURETIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; WARFARIN; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMMONIUM ACETATE; BUFFER; DRUG; POISON; ACEBUTOLOL; ACETONITRILE; AMILORIDE; ATENOLOL; BACLOFEN; CHLORTALIDONE; COUMATETRALYL; DIETHYLAMINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FELODIPINE; FLECAINIDE; FUROSEMIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; INDOMETACIN; LABETALOL; LYSERGIC ACID; METFORMIN; METHAQUALONE; METHOTREXATE; RODENTICIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA PROCESSING; DRUG SCREENING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; PROCEDURES; ANALYTIC METHOD; DRUG ANALYSIS; ELUTION; EXTRACTION; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; TURNAROUND TIME;

ACETATES; BUFFERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POISONS;

EID: 84899700013     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.03.021     Document Type: Article

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