A Toxicological Study of the Effect of Putrefaction on the Analysis of Drugs of Forensic Interest in Biological Material

Al-Hadidi, Kamal Abdel Hamid (1991) A Toxicological Study of the Effect of Putrefaction on the Analysis of Drugs of Forensic Interest in Biological Material. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

The effect of putrefaction on drug and poison determinations is a well known problem stemming from the beginning of modern forensic toxicology more than 150 years ago. The problem arises from two main sources, the occurrence of endogenously produced interfering substances and the potential destruction by the putrefactive processes of a drug or poison present in the tissue. Most of the data available was obtained using older methods for drug and poison determinations like colour tests or thin layer chromatography. Also, putrefaction was studied separately from the stability of drugs. Studies involved the accumulation of data on the occurrence of putrefactive products in different types of tissues at 5

• Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
• Qualification Level: Doctoral
• Keywords: Toxicology, Pharmacology, Forensic anthropology
• Date of Award: 1991
• Depositing User: Enlighten Team
• Unique ID: glathesis:1991-78303
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 30 Jan 2020 15:33
• Last Modified: 30 Jan 2020 15:33
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/78303