Citation

Levine BS, Blanke RV, Valentour JC. J. Forensic Sci. 1984; 29(1): 131-138.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

6142080

Abstract

The stability of five commonly prescribed barbiturates and thiopental in blood and liver at room temperature and at 4 degrees 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.

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