Drugs and Poisons in Humans A Handbook of Practical Analysis

Drugs and Poisons in Humans A Handbook of Practical Analysis / edited by Osamu Suzuki, Kanako Watanabe.

It was with great pleasure that I accepted the invitation to write the foreword for Drugs and Poisons in Humans. A Handbook of Practical Analysis. Dr. Osamu Suzuki and Dr. Mikio Yashiki, two outstanding Japanese scientists, f rst published the Handbook in Japanese in 2002. Specialists throughout Jap...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Suzuki, Osamu (Editor), Watanabe, Kanako (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edition:1st ed. 2005.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Pharmacy.
Pharmacology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapters of general nature
  • How to handle biological specimens
  • Alternative specimens
  • Pitfalls and cautions in analysis of drugs and poisons
  • Pretreatments of human specimens
  • Detection methods
  • A computer system for diagnosis of causative drugs and poisons developed by the Japan Poison Information Center (Tokyo)
  • Practical use of the poison-net developed by the Japan Information Network (Hiroshima)
  • Problems in toxin analysis in emergency medicine
  • Analysis of chemical warfare agents and their related compounds
  • Chapters on specific toxins
  • Carbon monoxide
  • Hydrogen sulfide and its metabolite
  • Cyanide
  • Methanol and formic acid
  • Ethanol
  • Chloroform and dichloromethane
  • Toluene, benzene, xylene and styrene
  • Alkyl nitrites
  • Components of gasoline and kerosene
  • Amphetamines and their metabolites
  • Cannabinoids and their metabolites
  • Morphine and its analogues
  • Cocaine and its metabolites
  • Pentazocine
  • Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
  • 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamines
  • Phencyclidine
  • ?-Hydroxybutyric acid
  • Phenothiazines
  • Butyrophenones
  • Tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants
  • Benzodiazepines
  • Bromisovalum
  • Barbiturates
  • Diphenylmethane antihistaminics
  • Propionic acid derivative analgesic-antipyretics
  • Acetaminophen (paracetamol)
  • Acetylsalicylic acid
  • Antiepileptics
  • Muscle relaxants
  • ?-Blockers
  • Local anaesthetics
  • Salicylic acid
  • ?-Lactam antibiotics
  • Hypochlorite
  • Benzalkonium chlorides
  • Hair dyes
  • Permethrin
  • Boric acid
  • Naphthalene
  • p-Dichlorobenzene
  • Ethylene glycol
  • Aconite toxins
  • Mushroom toxins
  • Tetrodotoxin
  • Methylxanthine derivatives
  • Nicotine and cotinine
  • Tropane alkaloids
  • Oleander toxins
  • Simultaneous analysis of pesticides by GC/MS
  • Organophosphorus pesticides
  • Glufosinate and glyphosate
  • Carbamate pesticides
  • Paraquat and diquat
  • Cresol
  • Diazine and triazine herbicides
  • Coumarin rodenticides
  • Sarin and its decomposition products
  • VX and its decomposition products
  • Sodium azide
  • Arsenic compounds and other inorganic poisons
  • Nitrate and nitrite compounds
  • Methemoglobin.

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