Analysis of benzodiazepines and their metabolites using DBS cards and LC-MS/MS

Forensic Science International

Volumn 255, Issue , 2015, Pages 137-145

  Lee, Heesang ^a   Park, Yujin ^a   Jo, Jiyeong ^a   In, Sangwhan ^a   Park, Yonghoon ^a   Kim, Eunmi ^a   Pyo, Jaesung ^b   Choe, Sanggil ^a  

^a National Forensic Service   (South Korea)

^b Kyungsung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Dried blood spot; LC MS MS; Method validation

Indexed keywords

7 AMINO 1,3 DIHYDRO 5 PHENYL 2H 1,4 BENZODIAZEPIN 2 ONE; 7 AMINOFLUNITRAZEPAM; ACETONITRILE; ALPHA HYDROXYMIDAZOLAM; ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMAZEPAM; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLOBAZAM; DEALKYLFLURAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ESTAZOLAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; METHANOL; MIDAZOLAM; NITRAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; PRAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM; ZOLPIDEM; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; EXTRACTION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROCEDURES;

BENZODIAZEPINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYRIDINES;

EID: 84942822189     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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