Forensic and toxicological analysis

Capillary Electrophoresis as a New Tool in Forensic Toxicological Analysis

The basic aspects of capillary electrophoresis (CE) such as: instrumentation, separation modes and its chief domains of use in forensic analysis are presented. Micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography (MECC), capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) and chiral separations – the most often used separation modes in drugs analysis – are described. The main directions of development of CE metho...

Metabolism of psilocybin and psilocin: clinical and forensic toxicological relevance.

Psilocybin and psilocin are controlled substances in many countries. These are the two main hallucinogenic compounds of the "magic mushrooms" and both act as agonists or partial agonists at 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)2A subtype receptors. During the last few years, psilocybin and psilocin have gained therapeutic relevance but considerable physiological variability between individuals that can in...

TIAFT – The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists Committee of Systematic Toxicological Analysis

Application of mass spectrometry to hair analysis for forensic toxicological investigations.

The increasing role of hair analysis in forensic toxicological investigations principally owes to recent improvements of mass spectrometric instrumentation. Research achievements during the last 6 years in this distinctive application area of analytical toxicology are reviewed. The earlier state of the art of hair analysis was comprehensively covered by a dedicated book (Kintz, 2007a. Analytica...

Toxicological Analysis: Liquid Chromatography

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