Simultaneous measurement of alcohols and hydrogen cyanide in biological specimens using headspace gas chromatography.
We attempted to analyze biological specimens simultaneously for alcohols and hydrogen cyanide. A headspace gas chromatographic method with thick film wide bore column (PEG 20M) for the simultaneous determinations of methanol, ethanol, n-propanol and hydrogen cyanide in blood has been developed. This method was applied for the determinations of methanol, ethanol and hydrogen cyanide in a forensic autopsy case and animal experiments.
Tsukamoto
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S
Department of Legal Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kanegae
T
T
Matsumura
Y
Y
Uchigasaki
S
S
Kitazawa
M
M
Muto
T
T
Chiba
S
S
Oshida
S
S
Nagoya
T
T
Shimamura
M
M
D000433:1-Propanol / Q000032:analysis; D000438:Alcohols / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D000431:Ethanol / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D006856:Hydrogen Cyanide / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D000432:Methanol / Q000032:analysis; D011817:Rabbits; D012015:Reference Standards
D000438:Alcohols; D006856:Hydrogen Cyanide; D000431:Ethanol; D000433:1-Propanol; D000432:Methanol