Abstract
Ethyl glucuronide, as a direct metabolite of ethanol degradation, has proven useful as a long-term marker in many forensic applications. The inability to determine ethyl glucuronide in dried blood left a missing link in many investigations. Here, we describe a new method based on mass spectrometry in a Pauli-type ion trap in order to determine this substance in dried blood samples.
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Kaufmann, E., Alt, A. Detection of ethyl glucuronide in dried human blood using LC-MS/MS. Int J Legal Med 122, 245–249 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-007-0219-x
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