Simultaneous Method for the Separation and Identification of Certain Benzodiazepine Drugs in Pharmaceutical Formulations by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)

Forensic science has been developed in the twentieth century and came to be recognized by the courts and law enforcement. Forensic analysis and investigation capabilities are vital in criminal and civil cases, national security, environmental protection, and public safety. The manufacture and trafficking of illicit drugs and counterfeiting of legitimate pharmaceuticals, new emerging challenges from organized crime and terrorist groups, also underline the vital need for sensitive and selective rapid identification of substances such as explosives and toxic spills in field, drug mixture. Presently, practical analytical technologies are needed to enable the “in field” screening and analysis of evidence to provide fast, accurate, scientific information to support the forensic investigation [1]. Forensic analytical chemistry is defined as a discipline applied to crime scene analysis and to law and is one of the areas of analytical chemistry where the nature of the sample and the use of the analytical chemical information play important roles in selecting and executing the appropriate chemical analysis technique. This part of forensic sciences deals with the characterization and quantitation of chemical substances at trace levels. Most forensic samples are complex Volume 5 Issue 1 2017