Simultaneous detection of seventeen drugs of abuse and metabolites in hair using solid phase micro extraction (SPME) with GC/MS.
Forensic Sci Int
; 218(1-3): 31-6, 2012 May 10.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The analysis of pediatric and adult hair is a useful non-invasive biomarker to effectively detect long term exposure to various xenobiotics, specifically drugs of abuse such as cocaine, opiates and amphetamines. Very often individuals are using, or are exposed to multiple drugs simultaneously and therefore it is important to be able to detect them in the same analysis. We have developed a sensitive and specific solid phase micro extraction (SPME) coupled with gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS) to detect 17 different analytes in hair using a single extraction method.METHOD:
Five milligrams of hair is extracted overnight, subjected to solid phase extraction (SPE) and then to SPME-GC/MS. The aimed analytes include amphetamine, methamphetamine, MDA, MDMA, cocaine, benzoylecognine, norcocaine, cocaethylene, methadone, codeine, morphine, 6-AM, oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, hydromorphone and meperidone.RESULTS:
The following are the LOD of the various drugs 0.2ng/mg hair for amphetamine, methamphetamine, MDA, MDMA, morphine, codeine, 6-AM, oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydromorphone, hydrocodone, meperidine and 0.13ng/mg hair for cocaine, benzoylecognine, cocaethylene, norcocaine and methadone.CONCLUSION:
This GC/MS method is sensitive and specific to detect the presence of these 17 analytes in as little as 5mg of hair and is especially useful for newborn and child hair analysis where the amount of hair is often very limited.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Cocaína
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Microextracción en Fase Sólida
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Cabello
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Anfetaminas
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Cromatografía de Gases y Espectrometría de Masas
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Narcóticos
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Forensic Sci Int
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá
Pais de publicación:
IE
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IRELAND
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IRLANDA