Gas chromatographic method for the determination of the lower volatile alcohols in rat blood and in human stool specimens on a fused silica capillary column.

A method is described for the simultaneous quantitation of the lower volatile alcohols in stool specimens and rat blood. The addition of potassium carbonate to the assay mixture markedly increased the sensitivity in the detection of these compounds. The method is shown to be simple and reproducible and is suitable for following the metabolism of ethanol in human stool specimens.