Toxicological analyzes and its use in forensic science

Abstract

Over the centuries the history of drug and drug use has undergone significant changes in nbsp Forensic nbsp Sciences nbsp in nbsp which nbsp Toxicology nbsp is nbsp used nbsp mainly nbsp in nbsp the nbsp toxicological nbsp analyzes nbsp and nbsp methods nbsp used nbsp routinely nbsp by nbsp civil nbsp or nbsp criminal nbsp experts nbsp Toxicology nbsp as nbsp a nbsp multifunctional nbsp science nbsp covers nbsp several nbsp other nbsp related nbsp areas nbsp such nbsp as nbsp Clinical nbsp Toxicology nbsp Social nbsp Toxicology nbsp Environmental nbsp Toxicology nbsp and nbsp Occupational Toxicology Toxicology applied to Doping Control and essential Forensic Toxicology as well as others This article was elaborated with searches in scientific publications bibliographical reviews scientific journals and Forensic Science books as well as other nbsp sources nbsp of nbsp scientific nbsp knowledge nbsp There nbsp are nbsp currently nbsp many nbsp techniques nbsp used nbsp in nbsp the routine of Forensic Toxicology laboratories among which the use of the following are most frequently used Thin Layer Chromatography CCD Immunoassay methods High nbsp Performance nbsp Liquid nbsp Chromatography nbsp nbsp HPLC nbsp Gas nbsp Chromatography nbsp nbsp GC and Liquid or Gas Chromatography Coupled to Mass Spectrophotometry HPLC MS Throughout this article in a general and contextualized way the relevance and importance of the toxicological analyzes and methods directed to the complex field of knowledge nbsp of nbsp Toxicology nbsp more nbsp intensely nbsp about nbsp Forensic nbsp Toxicology nbsp was nbsp presented nbsp as a very relevant support for the judicial authorities in the persecution criminal In conclusion the applicability of a toxicological routine is usually linked to some typeof criminal conduct and this science has the task of assisting justice with technical and nbsp scientific nbsp questions nbsp to nbsp resolve nbsp such nbsp crimes nbsp thus nbsp preserving nbsp the nbsp prestige nbsp and nbsp trustworthiness of Forensic Toxicology in support of laws and society