Pharmacological and Toxicological Laboratory

Pharmacological and Toxicological Laboratory

In the Laboratory of Pharmacotoxicology of the FMV-ULisboa is performed the detection of pesticides, including organophosphorus, organochlorine, carbamates, coumarin and others (strychnine, paraquat, diquat) through thin layer chromatography, gas chromatography and spectrophotometry. Quantification of heavy metals by atomic absorption is also performed, as well as the detection of antimicrobial drugs in milk and of antimicrobials and antiparasitics in animal feed by thin layer chromatography.

Other services provided by the Laboratory of Pharmacotoxicology include the detection and quantification of phenobarbital in heparinized blood by gas chromatography and Technical Assistance in the field of Pharmacotoxicology, namely regarding the elaboration of processes and assays conceptualization.

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