Detection of Drugs in Vitreous Humor With an Enzyme Immunoassay Technique

1 November 1981

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Vol. 5 (6) , 307-309
https://doi.org/10.1093/jat/5.6.307

Abstract

Vitreous humor is readily available at autopsy. The fact that it is a relatively “clean” biological fluid suggested that enzyme immunoassay techniques, EMIT, could be used to analyze this fluid for drugs. Vitreous humor samples from 76 Medical Examiner's cases were analyzed using EMIT-dau reagents. The results indicate that this method of screening would be useful for detecting overdoses of certain drugs.