title: An unusual death by zipeprol overdose.
abstract: Capillary gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry was employed to quantify zipeprol in biological fluids and tissues in a death attributed to oral zipeprol ingestion. The blood concentration of zipeprol was 6.69 mg/l. Hair analysis clearly indicated chronic drug abuse, with a concentration of 33.1 ng/mg. Results are discussed in the light of the existing literature.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Médecine Légale, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kintz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tracqui
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Potard
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mangin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000996:Antitussive Agents / Q000506:poisoning*; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000737:chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D062787:Drug Overdose; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010879:Piperazines / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D000996:Antitussive Agents; D010879:Piperazines; C013341:zipeprol