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Rodger L. Foltz

Research Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Education and Training

B.S. 1956, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ph.D. 1961, University of Wisconsin, Organic Chemistry

Research Interests

The development and application of chromatographic and mass spectrometric techniques for the quantitative measurement of drugs and related compounds in biological specimens.

Selected Publications

Quantitative analysis of naltrexone and 6ß-naltrexol in human, rat and rabbit plasma by liquid chromatograph-electrospray ionization with application to pharmacokinetics of Depotrexr® in rabbits. M.G. Slawson, M. Chen, D.E. Moody, S.D. Comer, E.S. Nuwayser, W. Fang and R.L. Foltz, J. Anal. Toxicol., 2007, 31, 1-9.

Mass spectrometric methods for determination of cannabinoids in physiological specimens. R.L. Foltz in Marijuana and the Cannabinoids, edited by M.A. ElSohly, The Humana Press, Inc., Totowa, NJ, 2007.

Determination of urine riboflavin by high-performance liquid-chromatography with riboflavin-depleted urine as calibration and control matrix. M. Chen, D. Andrenyak, R.L. Foltz and D.E. Moody, J. Chromatogr. B, 2005, 820, 147-50.

Method development and validation for quantitative determination of methadone enantiomers in human plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. H.R. Liang, R.L. Foltz, M. Meng and P. Bennett, J. Chromatogr. B, 2004, 806, 191-8.

A liquid chromatographic-electrospray-tandem mass spectrometric method for quantitation of quetiapine in human plasma and liver microsomes: Application to a study of in vitro metabolism. S.N. Lin, Y.C. Chang, D.E. Moody and R.L. Foltz, J. Anal. Toxicol., 2004, 28, 443-8.

A high-performance liquid chromatographic-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-tandem mass spectrometric method for determination of risperidone and 9-hydroxyrisperidone in human plasma. D.E. Moody, J.D. Laycock, W. Huang and R.L. Foltz, J. Anal. Toxicol., 2004, 28, 494-7.

Ionization enhancement in atmospheric pressure chemical ionization and suppression in electrospray ionization between target drugs and stable-isotope labeled internal standards in quantitative liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. H.R. Liang, R.L. Foltz, M. Meng and P. Bennett, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., 2003, 17, 2815-21.

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