Series Editor:
Roger Smith, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
Edited by
Maciej Bogusz, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Description
The book presents the applications of separation methods, manly chromatography, in forensic practice.
The first part, devoted to
forensic toxicology, contains reviews on forensic relevant groups of compounds, like: Opiate agonists, cocaine, amphetamines, hallucinogens,
cannabinoids, sedatives and hypnotics, antidepressive and antipsychotic drugs, analgesics, antidiabetics, muscle relaxants, and mushroom
toxins.
In these parts, the preliminary immunochemical tests were also included, together with separation methods.
Screening
procedures used in forensic toxicology were presented in separate chapters on forensic screening with GC, GC-MS, HPLC, LC-MS, CE, and
LC-ICP-MS.
In the part on actual and emerging problems of forensic toxicology, following chapters were included: Analytical markers
of alcohol abuse, toxicological aspects of herbal remedies, drugs and driving, analysis in alternative matrices, doping analysis, pharmacogenomics
in forensic toxicology, and quality assurance.
The second part presents application of separation methods in forensic chemistry,
and comprises chapters on: Explosives, chemical warfare agents, arson analysis, and writing media.
Third part on forensic identification
contains chapter on forensic genetics.
All chapters are written up-to-date and present specific information up to 2006. The authors
of each chapter are known not only from their scientific activity, but are also reputed experts, proven in everyday forensic casework.
Included in series
Handbook of Analytical Separations
Audience:
Forensic toxicologists: researchers, practitioners, and consultants.
Forensic chemists: researchers, practitioners, and
consultants.
Forensic serologists: researchers, practitioners, and consultants.
