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• Branch of science which deals with the study of the effect of drugs on biologic systems

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PHARMACOLOGY

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biologic systems

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o Routes of drug administration
o Pharmacokinetics
o Drug actions
o Drug interactions

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I. ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION

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  1. Oral
  2. Sublingual
  3. Rectal
  4. Intravenous
  5. Intramuscular
  6. Subcutaneous
  7. Inhalation
  8. Topical
  9. Transdermal
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– below the tongue; in cases of cardiovascular diseases

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  1. Sublingual
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– suppository: drug delivery system inserted in the rectum

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  1. Rectal
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– IV fluid, anti-fungal, antibiotic

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  1. Intravenous
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– insulin shots

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  1. Subcutaneous
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– asthmatics

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  1. Inhalation
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  • Vicks
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  1. Topical
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• Fate of an administered drug

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PHARMACOKINETICS

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– movement of drugs into the bloodstream after administration

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  1. Drug absorption
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  • movement of drugs to and from the blood and other tissues or organs of the body
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  1. Drug distribution
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  • biotransformation mainly occurring in the liver
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  1. Drug metabolism
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– metabolites of drugs move out of the body through urine; happens in the kidneys

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  1. Drug excretion
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– rate of excretion of drugs and its metabolites

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  1. Drug clearance
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Drug response depends on both the affinity of a drug for its receptors and the drug’s efficacy

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RECEPTOR THEORY

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  • strength of binding between a drug and its receptor
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• Affinity

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  • the degree to which a drug is able to induce maximal effects
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• Efficacy

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– addition of multiple drugs produces different effect for each

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  1. Addition
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– combination of multiple drugs produces singular effect for all

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  1. Synergism
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– addition of one drug will increase the effect of another

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  1. Potentiation
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  • addition of one drug will reduce/block the effect of another
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  1. Antagonism
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• Study of exogenous clinical compounds that profoundly influence bodily functions, either in a deleterious way or for therapeutic benefits

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TOXICOLOGY

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CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY LABORATORY 3 Functions :

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  1. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)
  2. Identification of drugs in acute intoxication
  3. Urine testing for drugs of abuse
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  • enables physicians to adjust and optimize the dosage on an individual basis
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  1. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)
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  • identify the offending drug/s
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  1. Identification of drugs in acute intoxication
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  • establish diagnosis, assess level of intoxication, suggest course of therapy
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  1. Identification of drugs in acute intoxication
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  • pre-employment and medico-legal cases
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  1. Urine testing for drugs of abuse
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Vol for urine drug testing: –

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Patient:

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Donor

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Freshly voided urine sample temp: –

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Analytes tested: –

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: Evidences

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Chain of Custody

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34
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Most common drugs of abuse measured in the Ph/Two-parameters:

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Marijuana, Methamphetamine

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4 areas :

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  1. drugs of abuse
  2. therapeutic drugs
  3. environmental carcinogens
  4. toxins
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• Toxicity of chemicals is determined in the [?]

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laboratory

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• The normal procedure is to expose test animals
1. By [?], or some other method which introduces the material into the body
2. By placing the test material in the [?] of the test animals’ environment

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ingestion, application to the skin, by inhalation, gavage

water or air

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38
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Toxicity is measured as clinical “endpoints” which include:

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o Mortality (death)
o Teratogenicity (ability to cause birth defects)
o Carcinogenicity (ability to cause cancer), and,
o Mutagenicity (ability to cause changes in the DNA)

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(death)

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o Mortality

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(ability to cause birth defects)

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o Teratogenicity

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(ability to cause cancer), and,

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o Carcinogenicity

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(ability to cause changes in the DNA)

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o Mutagenicity

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• The amount (dose) of a chemical which produces death in 50% of a population of test animals to which it is administered by any of a variety of methods mg/kg

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• Normally expressed as mgs of substance per kg BW of animal

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• The concentration of a chemical which produces death in 50% of en. exposed population of test animals in a specified time frame mg/L

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• Normally expressed as mgs of substance per liter of air or water (or as ppm)

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OPTIMAL TIME FOR BLOOD SPECIMENS

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Steady state concentration
Trough or pre-dose period
Peak or post-dose level

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• Received regular maintenance doses of the drug for about five half-lives of the drug

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Steady state concentration

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• Just before the next dose

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Trough or pre-dose period

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• For most orally taken drugs

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Trough or pre-dose period

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• Shortly after receiving the drug

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Peak or post-dose level

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Peak or post-dose level IV -

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30 minutes after infusion

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Peak or post-dose level IM -

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60 minutes after injection

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• For patients who exhibit toxic symptoms

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Peak or post-dose level

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TECHNIQUES FOR DRUG ANALYSIS

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Immunologic
Chromatographic
Spectrophotometry

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Ab-antigen

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Immunologic

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Separation technique

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Chromatographic

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Absorbance

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Spectrophotometry

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Immunologic:

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• Enzyme immunoassay systems
• Fluorescence immunoassay
• Radioimmunoassay

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Chromatographic:

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• HPLC
• GLC
• TLC

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Spectrophotometry:

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• Visible spectrum, ultraviolet spectrum and fluorescence

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• Serum + antibody + enzyme-labelled drug + substrate

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ENZYME MULTIPLIED IMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE (EMIT)

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• Measured enzyme activity : drug concentration (directly proportional)

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ENZYME MULTIPLIED IMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE (EMIT)

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• More rapid than RIA ENZYME MULTIPLIED IMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE (EMIT)

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ENZYME MULTIPLIED IMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE (EMIT)

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• 1st homogenous Enzyme Immunoassay

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ENZYME MULTIPLIED IMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE (EMIT)

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: most useful; less likely to be affected by serum constituents

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• MDH & G-6-PD

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• Measures drugs (mg/L) & drug metabolites in biological fluids

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ENZYME MULTIPLIED IMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE (EMIT)

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• Some drugs detected:

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Cocaine & metabolites, cannabinoides, opiates & barbiturates

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• Drug to be measured is the hapten

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ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY (ELISA)

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• Specific antibodies bound to a solid state carrier

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ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY (ELISA)

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• Separation of the bound drug from the unbound

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ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY (ELISA)

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• Digoxin and digitoxin tests

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ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY (ELISA)

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• Principle: Sandwich Immunoassay

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ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY (ELISA)

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• Drug bound to a fluorogenic substrate :

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umbelliferyl-ßgalactoside

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(Enzyme:)

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B-galactosidase

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• Fluorogenic reagent + antibody + beta-galactosidase — incubated w/ serum sample

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FLUORESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY

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• Drug and DFS compete for binding

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FLUORESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY

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SUBSTRATE-LABELED FLUORESCENT IMMUNOASSAY (+)

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Flourescence

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• Fluorescent product

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UMBELLIFERONE

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formed when the substrate is cleaved by Bgalactosidase

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UMBELLIFERONE

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Enzyme cannot cleave the DFS when it is reacted with the specific antibody

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UMBELLIFERONE

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• Separation of free from antibody bound drug

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RADIOIMMUNOASSAY

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• Counting the radioactivity in either free or antibody bound fraction

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RADIOIMMUNOASSAY

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• Calculating amount of drug in serum from a standard curve of % antibody bound vs drug concentration

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RADIOIMMUNOASSAY

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• Incubation of serum + antibody + radiolabeled drug (competition for antibody binding sites)

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RADIOIMMUNOASSAY

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• Adsorption of drug to a solid support and elution by means of a mobile, liquid phase

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  • screening for drug identification
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• Thin Layer Chromatography

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  • primarily for quantitating serum drug levels in TDM and also for confirming drug identification
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• High-Performance Liquid Chromatography and Gas-Liquid Chromatography

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: gold standard for drug testing

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• Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

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: NRL for drug testing

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• East Avenue Medical Center (Q. C.)

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: tentative identification of tentative

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Spectral scan

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Quantitative analysis:

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  1. Visible spectrum –
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salicylate

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  1. Ultraviolet spectrum
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barbiturates

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Fluorescence –

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Visible spectrum Wavelength:
Ultraviolet spectrum Wavelength:

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340 to 700 nm

< 340 nm

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