Postmortem Stability of Barbiturates in Blood and Tissues
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- Published by ASTM International in Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Vol. 29 (1) , 131-138
- https://doi.org/10.1520/jfs11643j
Abstract
The stability of five commonly prescribed barbiturates and thiopental in blood and liver at room temperature and at 4°C was studied. Gas chromatography was used for oxybarbiturate analysis while liquid chromatography was used to quantitate thiopental. In blood and liver, greater than 75% of the drugs were detected at the end of the two- to three-month period. These changes were not considered significant; therefore, barbiturates appear to be stable in blood and liver under the conditions of these experiments.Keywords
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