Validation of a method to detect cocaine and its metabolites in nails by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Autor: Valente-Campos S; College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toxicology, University of São Paulo, USP, Av. Professor Lineu Prestes, 580 B13B CEP 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Yonamine M, de Moraes Moreau RL, Silva OA
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Forensic science international [Forensic Sci Int] 2006 Jun 02; Vol. 159 (2-3), pp. 218-22. Date of Electronic Publication: 2005 Sep 23.
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.07.021
Abstrakt: The objective of the present work was to compare previously published methods and provide validation data to detect simultaneously cocaine (COC), benzoylecgonine (BE) and norcocaine (NCOC) in nail. Finger and toenail samples (5mg) were cut in very small pieces and submitted to an initial procedure for external decontamination. Methanol (3 ml) was used to release analytes from the matrix. A cleanup step was performed simultaneously by solid-phase extraction (SPE) and the residue was derivatized with pentafluoropropionic anhydride/pentafluoropropanol (PFPA/PFP). Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was used to detect the analytes in selected ion monitoring mode (SIM). Confidence parameters of validation of the method were: recovery, intra- and inter-assay precision, as well as limit of detection (LOD) of the analytes. The limits of detection were: 3.5 ng/mg for NCOC and 3.0 ng/mg for COC and BE. Good intra-assay precision was observed for all detected substances (coefficient of variation (CV)<11%). The inter-assay precision for norcocaine and benzoylecgonine were <4%. For intra- and inter-assay precision deuterated internal standards were used. Toenail and fingernail samples from eight declared cocaine users were submitted to the validated method.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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