Quantitation of drug concentration in hair and its application in drug monitoring / 中国临床药理学与治疗学

ABSTRACT

Hair can be easily collected,the collection method does not cause any harm to body.It can provide long and convinced information about drug uses.It possess irreplaceable advantages of blood,urine and other biological samples.The review summarizes the basic information and recent studies of hair analysis.It introducs the hair-shaft structure,the mechanisms of drug incorporation,extraction/purification methods and all kinds of analytical techniques.The advantages,drawbacks and promising prospects about hair in drug monitoring are also discussed.