Smoker analytic method

Czogala, J. Goniewicz, M.L. (2005). The complex analytical method for the assessment of pasive smokers exposure to carbon monoxide. Journal of analytical toxicology. 29,... 

Cyanide can be regenerated from methaemo-globin by treatment with acid. There are many methods for detecting free and bound cyanide, and thiocyanate in blood these have recently been reviewed (Black and Muir, 2003 Black and Noort, 2005). They have been applied mostly to the determination of cyanide levels in smokers and fire victims rather than cases of deliberate poisoning. 2-Aminothiazoline-4-carboxylic acid has been analysed in urine using LC with fluorescence detection after conversion to N -carbamylcysteine (Lundquist et al, 1995), and by GC-MS after conversion to its tris-trimethylsilyl derivative (Logue etal., 2005). The analyte was concentrated from urine on a cation exchange resin. 

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