Postmortem tissue distribution of acetyl fentanyl, fentanyl and their respective nor-metabolites analyzed by ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry

Forensic Science International

Volumn 257, Issue , 2015, Pages 435-441

  Poklis, Justin ^a   Poklis, Alphonse ^a   Wolf, Carl ^a   Mainland, Mary ^b   Hair, Laura ^b   Devers, Kelly ^b   Chrostowski, Leszek ^b   Arbefeville, Elise ^b   Merves, Michele ^b   Pearson, Julia ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hillsborough Co Med Examiner Dept   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetyl fentanyl; Fentanyl; Postmortem tissue distribution; UPLC MS MS

Indexed keywords

ACETYL FENTANYL; ACETYL NORFENTANYL; FENTANYL; FENTANYL DERIVATIVE; NORFENTANYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DESIGNER DRUG; N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLACETAMIDE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BILE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; URINE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VITREOUS BODY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; BILE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DESIGNER DRUGS; FENTANYL; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84946719655     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.10.021     Document Type: Article

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