Identifying cases of heroin toxicity where 6-acetylmorphine (6-AM) is not detected by toxicological analyses
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Identifying cases of heroin toxicity where 6-acetylmorphine (6-AM) is not detected by toxicological analyses
PURPOSE Heroin has a half-life of 2-6 min and is metabolized too quickly to be detected in autopsy samples. The presence of 6-acetylmophine (6-AM) in urine, blood, or other samples is convincing evidence of heroin use by a decedent, but 6-AM itself has a half-life of 6-25 min before it is hydrolyzed to morphine, so 6-AM may not be present in sufficient concentration to detect in postmortem samp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1547-769X,1556-2891
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-016-9780-2