Merck, E-015-1ML, Ethyl-β-D-glucuronide

This Certified Reference Material is widely used in forensic analysis and clinical toxicology applications to determine blood alcohol content. Ethyl-β-D-glucuronide (EtG) is a water-soluble and stable metabolite of ethanol, used as a routine biomarker in alcohol abuse monitoring. A very small fraction of ethanol undergoes degradation to EtG, and it can be detected in body fluids as well as hair.