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Published in final edited form as: Forensic Sci Int. 2011 Jul 20;212(1-3):247–251. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.06.028

Table 1.

Numbers and percentage of specimens having quantifiable Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), 11-hydroxy-THC (11-OH-THC) and 11-nor-9-carboxy-THC (THCCOOH) concentrations from the 19 postmortem specimens

	Central THC	Peripheral THC	Central 11-OH-THC	Peripheral 11-OH-THC	Central THCCOOH	Peripheral THCCOOH
# of specimens > LOQ	11	10	10	10	19	19
# of specimens < LOQ	6	7	8	8	0	0
# of specimens NA	2	2	1	1	0	0
% of specimens > LOQ	58%	53%	53%	53%	100%	100%
% of specimens < LOQ	32%	37%	42%	42%	0%	0%
% of specimens NA	11%	11%	5%	5%	0%	0%

#N/A – Matrix effects prevented quantification; LOQ: Limit of quantification