Blood versus bone marrow pentobarbital concentrations.
Postmortem pentobarbital levels in rabbit heart blood and bone marrow were determined and compared. The average ratio of femur marrow/blood pentobarbital concentrations in 24 rabbits was 1.06 +/- 0.05. The average percent difference between actual plasma pentobarbital concentrations and calculated plasma pentobarbital concentrations was 5.82 +/- 1.96. Concentrations were determined by gas chromatography of extracted, derivatized pentobarbital.
D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D010424:Pentobarbital / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits
D010424:Pentobarbital