Unique analysis of drugs and poisons to facilitate testing in all laboratories even by inexperienced chemists

Includes source of chemicals needed for the experiments

Texts are composed by 67 experts in analyzing the respective compounds

Clear and uniform structure of chapters for ease of reading

The text is illustrated by many diagrams and tables

Chapters of general nature 1) How to handle biological specimens 2) Alternative specimens 3) Pitfalls and cautions in analysis of drugs and poisons 4) Pretreatments of human specimens 5) Detection methods 6) A computer system for diagnosis of causative drugs and poisons developed by the Japan Poison Information Center (Tokyo) 7) Practical use of the poison-net developed by the Japan Poison Information Network (Hiroshima) 8) Problems in toxin analysis in emergency medicine 9) Analyses of chemical weapons and their related compounds Chapters on specific toxins 1. Volatile compounds 1) Carbon monoxide 2) Hydrogen sulfide and its metabolites 3) Cyanide 4) Methanol and formic acid 5) Ethanol 6) Chloroform and dichloromethane 7) Toluene, benzene, xylene and stylene 8) Alkyl nitrites 9) Compenents of gasoline and kerosene 2. Controlled drugs 1) Amphetamines and their metabolites 2) Cannabinoids and their metabolites 3) Morphine and its analogues 4) Cocaine and its metabolites 5) Pentazocine 6) Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) 7) 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamines 8) Phencyclidine 9) ?- Hydroxybutyric acid 3. Psychopharmaceuticals and hypnotics 1) Phenothiazines 2) Butyrophenones 3) Tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants 4) Benzodiazepines 5) Bromisovalum 6) Barbiturates 4. General drugs 1) Diphenylmethane antihistaminics 2) Propionic acid derivative analgesic-antipyretics 3) Acetaminophen (paracetamol) 4) Acetylsalicylic acid 5) Antiepileptics 6) Muscle relaxants 7) ß- Blockers 8) Local anaesthetics 9) Salicylicacid 10) ß- Lactam antibiotics 5. Chemicals of daily necessaries 1) Hypochlorite 2) Benzalkonium chlorides 3) Hair dyes 4) Permethrin 5) Boric acid 6) Naphthalene 7) p-Dichlorobenzene 8) Ethylene glycol 6. Natural toxins and alkaloids 1) Aconite toxins 2) Mushroom toxins 3) Tetrodotoxin 4) Methylxanthine derivatives 5) Nicotine and cotinine 6) Tropane alkaloids 7) Oleander toxins 7. Pesticides 1) Simultaneous analysis of pesticides by GC/MS 2) Organophosphorus pesticides 3) Glufosinate and glyphosate 4) Carbamate pesticides 5) Paraquat and diquat 6) Cresol 7) Diazine and triazine herbicides 8) Coumarin rodenticides 8. Miscellaneous 1) Sarin and its decomposition products 2) VX and its decomposition products 3) Sodium azide 4) Arsenic compounds and other inorganic poisons 5) Nitrate and nitrite compounds 6) Methemoglobin