Simultaneous quantification of morphine and cocaine in hair samples from drug addicts by GC-EI/MS

Biomedical Chromatography

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1041-1047

  Gouveia, Carla Alexandra ^a,b   Oliveira, Ana ^b,c,d   Pinho, Sandra ^b   Vasconcelos, Carlos ^e   Carvalho, Félix ^c   Moreira, Roxana Falcão ^b   Dinis Oliveira, Ricardo Jorge ^a,b,c,e,f  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES IUCS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

^e Detoxification Treatment Center   (Portugal)

^f Inst Politec de Saude Do N Coop de Ensino Superior Politecnico e Universitario: IPSN CESPU   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cocaine; GC EI MS; Hair drug analysis; Morphine

Indexed keywords

DETOXIFICATION; EXTRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHASE SEPARATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COCAINE; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG OF ABUSE; ELECTRON IMPACT MASS SPECTROMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/ELECTRON IMPACT-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR DRUG ANALYSE; HUMAN HAIR; MATRIX; MORPHINE; TIME WINDOWS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

COCAINE; ETHYLMORPHINE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; METHANOL; MORPHINE; N METHYL N (TRIMETHYLSILYL)TRIFLUOROACETAMIDE; TRIFLUOROACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; ELECTRON IMPACT MASS SPECTROMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHINE ADDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; VALIDITY;

EID: 84864003851     PISSN: 02693879     EISSN: 10990801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmc.2775     Document Type: Article

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