Liquid chromatographic determination of salicylate and methyl salicylate in blood and application to a postmortem case.
A liquid chromatographic method is presented for the quantitation of salicylate and methyl salicylate in blood. It employs an initial alkaline extraction to separate methyl salicylate from salicylate. Methyl salicylate is then hydrolyzed to salicylate, extracted under acidic conditions and chromatographed. This method was used in an attempt to identify methyl salicylate and salicylate in a postmortem case.
D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012459:Salicylates / Q000097:blood*
D012459:Salicylates; C033069:methyl salicylate