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Benzodiazepines and GHB

Detection and Pharmacology

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Salvatore J. Salamone

    1. Roche Diagnostics Corp., Indianapolis, USA

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Part of the book series: Forensic Science and Medicine (FSM)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Pharmacology of Flunitrazepam and Other Benzodiazepines

    • Rudolf Brenneisen, Lionel Raymond
    Pages 1-16

  3. Immunoassay Detection of Benzodiazepines

    • Tamara N. St. Claire, Salvatore J. Salamone
    Pages 17-31

  4. Analysis of Flunitrazepam and Its Metabolites in Biological Specimens

    • Mahmoud A. ElSohly, Shixia Feng
    Pages 33-52

  5. Analysis of Selected Low-Dose Benzodiazepines by Mass Spectrometry

    • Dennis J. Crouch, Matthew H. Slawson
    Pages 53-75

  6. Identification of Benzodiazepines in Human Hair

    • Vincent Cirimele, Pascal Kintz
    Pages 77-93

  7. γ-Hydroxybutyric Acid and Its Analogs, γ-Butyrolactone and 1,4-Butanediol

    • Laureen J. Marinetti
    Pages 95-126

  8. Analysis of Urine Samples in Cases of Alleged Sexual Assault

    • Mahmoud A. ElSohly, Luen F. Lee, Lynn B. Holzhauer, Salvatore J. Salamone
    Pages 127-144

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 145-148
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About this book

Prominent experts explain the pharmacology and metabolism of benzodiazepines (LDB) and g-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and offer powerful and effective methodologies that will enable better detection of these drugs in various body fluids, as well as in hair. The techniques include highly sensitive immunoassay detection of LDBs, the detection of Rohypnol® and other LDBs by mass spectrometry, and the ultrasensitive detection of GHB. State-of-the-art and highly practical, Benzodiazepines and GHB: Detection and Pharmacology offers toxicologists, forensic scientists, and clinical chemists today's most effective methods for detecting these widely abused drugs that are sometimes found associated with criminal acts.

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"...this work is of value. It provides toxicologists with important information, and, since most of its authors are respected forensic toxicologists (P. Kintz, M. Elsohly, D. Crouch, etc.), its content is highly appropriate to forensic toxicology. It reads easily and should find a choice place on shelves of toxicologists interested in the detection and pharmacology of benzos and GHB in forensic cases, especially those relating to sexual assaults." - Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal

Editors and Affiliations

  • Roche Diagnostics Corp., Indianapolis, USA

    Salvatore J. Salamone

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Benzodiazepines and GHB

  • Book Subtitle: Detection and Pharmacology

  • Editors: Salvatore J. Salamone

  • Series Title: Forensic Science and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-109-1

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-981-0Published: 14 September 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-287-2Published: 19 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59259-109-1Published: 14 September 2001

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 148

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Forensic Medicine

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