title: Toxicological data after heroin overdose.
abstract: Capillary gas chromatography with selective nitrogen detection was employed to quantify morphine and 6-monoacetylmorphine in biological fluids and tissues in five deaths attributed to heroin injection overdose. The minimum lethal concentration found was 0.021 micrograms morphine per ml of blood. In all cases, 6-monoacetylmorphine was identified in urine, confirming heroin abuse.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Médecine Légale, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kintz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mangin
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Lugnier
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Chaumont
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003932:Heroin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009020:Morphine / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000652:urine; D009022:Morphine Derivatives / Q000652:urine; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D009022:Morphine Derivatives; D003932:Heroin; D009020:Morphine; C026979:6-O-monoacetylmorphine