Citation

Tracqui A, Kintz P, Wendling P, Ritter-Lohner S, Mangin P, Jaeger A. J. Anal. Toxicol. 1992; 16(6): 398-400.

Affiliation

Institut de Médecine Légale, Strasbourg, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Preston Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1293408

Abstract

A fatal case of acebutolol self-poisoning is presented. After single-step liquid-liquid alkaline extraction, acebutolol was identified by using an HPLC/DAD screening procedure. By means of a specific HPLC method, acebutolol was then quantified in a large range of postmortem samples. The blood acebutolol concentration was 34.7 micrograms/mL. The tissue distribution of the drug is discussed in the light of the existing literature.

Language: en