Abstract
Somewhat simplified, the search for poisons in the body can be subdivided into 3 main steps:
- 1.
Extraction from the biological matrix; and if we say extraction we do not restrict that term to liquid extraction techniques, but we also include other methods such as extraction by steam or ion exchangers.
- 2.
Fractionation of extracts into their components, which is today mostly carried out by chromatographic approaches.
- 3.
Identification of individual constituents, which is usually done — if not already accomplished by the chromatographic data — by spectrophotometry and more and more by mass spectrometry.
Keywords
Salicylic Acid Dialysis Tube Forensic Toxicologist Tissue Suspension Chemical Toxicology
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