A simple method for the determination of stimulant substances in postmortem blood: development, validation, and application in nearly 1000 forensic cases.
Forensic Toxicology April 24, 2025 Letícia Birk, Bruno Pereira Dos Santos, Daniela Souza Ossanes et al. 2 citations
Toxicological analyses of postmortem blood samples are essential to elucidate forensic cases involving toxic agents, such as illicit drugs. A simple method for determining stimulant substances in postmortem blood samples through protein precipitation and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was developed and applied in nearly 1000 samples from Brazilian forensic cases. For...