Analytical and Forensic Toxicology
Analytical and Forensic Toxicology Analytical and Forensic Toxicology
Amphetamines • • • Amphetamine assay plagued with false positives Fails to detect “designer” amphetamines Bupropioin (cathinone) • Pseudoephedrine
Nasal Inhalers • Can contain l-methamphetamine • less potent isomer of d-methamphetamine • Both turn immunoassays positive • Difficult to distinguish with mass spec • Optical enantiomers
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- Page 31 and 32: Immunoassays • Old - radio immuno
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- Page 37 and 38: TLC Goldfranks 9th edition
- Page 39 and 40: TLC Drawbacks • Multiple steps
- Page 41 and 42: Reverse phase chromatography • No
- Page 43 and 44: HPLC
- Page 45 and 46: Gas Chromatography • Expensive
- Page 47 and 48: Mass Spectrometry • Can serve as
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- Page 51 and 52: GC/MS • Expensive equipment • M
- Page 53 and 54: Hair Analysis • Hair grows ~1 cm/
- Page 55 and 56: • Amphetamines • Cannabinoids
- Page 57 and 58: • • • • • Tetrahydrocanna
- Page 59 and 60: • Dronabinol • Efavirenz • NS
- Page 61 and 62: “Poppy Seed” Defense 6-MAM
- Page 63 and 64: Methadone False Positives • Queti
- Page 65: • Benzodiazepines Metabolized to
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- Page 71 and 72: Specimen Validity • Appearance
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- Page 81 and 82: Anion Gap Reliability • Hypercalc
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- Page 85 and 86: Medical Review Officer • • Lice
- Page 87 and 88: Post Mortem Toxicology
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- Page 91 and 92: Other sources
- Page 93 and 94: Legal Ethanol
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Nasal Inhalers<br />
• Can contain l-methamphetamine<br />
• less potent isomer of d-methamphetamine<br />
• Both turn immunoassays positive<br />
• Difficult to distinguish with mass spec<br />
• Optical enantiomers
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