Detection of drugs in vitreous humor with an enzyme immunoassay technique.
Vitreous humor is readily available at autopsy. The fact that it is a relatively "clean" biological fluid suggested that enzyme immunoassay techniques. EMIT, could be used to analyze this fluid for drugs. Vitreous humor samples from 76 Medical Examiner's cases were analyzed using EMIT-dau reagents. The results indicate that this method of screening would be useful for detecting overdoses of certain drugs.
D001344:Autopsy; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis*; D011041:Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000032:analysis*
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations