Development and Validation of an LC-MS/MS Method for Drug Quantification in Blood in accordance with International Standards

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ธนสิริ ยกเชื้อ

Abstract

                    One of the most important objectives of forensic toxicological analysis is to assist in medico-legal death investigations. To determine the suspect’s cause of death, forensic toxicologists need to quantitate the concentration of  substance abuse in blood samples because the effects of drug abuse depend on the level of drug concentration in blood. The common technique used to quantitate abused drug and their metabolites in blood is liquid chromatography/
tandem-mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) due to the high selectivity and sensitivity. However, The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT) has a recommendation on “Laboratory Guidelines” that all methods must be validated before being employed as a routine method. These articles present the method development and validation in accordance with international standards for drug and metabolite quantitation in blood by liquid chromatography - tandem mass spectrometry (LC-Triple-quadrupole MS) which can quantitate 16 drugs and metabolites in one injection.  

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ยกเชื้อ ธ. (2018). Development and Validation of an LC-MS/MS Method for Drug Quantification in Blood in accordance with International Standards. Journal of Criminology and Forensic Science, 4(1), 1–14. retrieved from https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/forensic/article/view/189039
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