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Archiwum Medycyny Sądowej i Kryminologii/Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology
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Case report

Determination of cocaine and benzoylecgonine in nails by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry

Marzena Sykutera
,
Przemysław Piotrowski
,
Elżbieta Bloch-Bogusławska

Arch Med Sąd Kryminol 2014; 64 (3): 165–174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/amsik.2014.48880
Online publish date: 2015/02/06
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Nails and hair are a biological matrix which can be analyzed to confirm the use of a xenobiotic even several months after intake. Results of nail analysis can be used, for example, as evidence in civil and criminal law cases in which a history of drug use can influence the court’s decision.

The paper presents results of analysis of a nail sample taken from a man who was suspected of trafficking cocaine. The suspect pleaded guilty to the possession of the drug for his own use because, as he claimed, he was addicted to cocaine. A nail sample was taken. Detection and quantification were carried out using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS). The concentration of cocaine in nails was found to be 47 ng/mg, and benzoylecgonine – 14 ng/mg.
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cocaine, benzoylecgonine, LC-ESI-MS, fingernails
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