ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 January 1975
Page Count: 5

Quantitative Extraction of Tubocurarine, Gallamine, and Decamethonium from Biological Materials
Wittmer, D
Research associate, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri, Mo.

Atwell, S
Laboratory supervisor, Toxicology Laboratory, The Childrens Mercy Hospital, Mo.

Haney, WG
Assistant professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri, Mo.

(Received 22 April 1974; accepted 8 June 1974)

Abstract

Forensic analysis of skeletal muscle relaxants such as tubocurarine and gallamine has been hampered by the fact that these quaternary ammonium compounds are not readily extractable from the biological matrix. Several techniques have been presented to effect this extraction, but these appear to result in either erratic, incomplete extraction [1] or in nonselective extraction [2].

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Paper ID: JFS10243J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10243J
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