Chromatographic determination of drugs of abuse in vitreous humor using solid-phase extraction
A simple method is presented for the simultaneous determination of morphine, 6-acetylmorphine, codeine, cocaine, benzoylecgonine, cocaethylene, methadone and 2-ethylidene-1,5-dimethyl-3,3-diphenylpyrrolidine (EDDP) in vitreous humor by high-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array detector after solid-phase extraction with Oasis® HLB cartridges and dichloromethane as eluent. The chromatographic process was carried out using an XTerra® RP8 column (250 × 4.6 mm i.d., 5 µm particle size) and a phase composed of acetonitrile and pH 6.5 phosphate buffer in gradient mode. A linear response from the detector was obtained within the concentration range of 0.1-4 µg ml(-1) , with correlation coefficients higher than 0.99. The limits of detection were lower than 30 ng ml(-1) for all the drugs studied, the coefficients of variation fluctuated between 0.1 and 12.4%, and the average recoveries were higher than 78% for all the drugs except for EDDP, with a value of 66.4%. Finally, the proposed method was applied to 15 vitreous humor samples coming from individuals who had died from opiate and/or cocaine overdose, showing consumption of cocaine in 14 cases, methadone in five cases and in three cases. Average concentrations of 0.30 µg ml(-1) for morphine, 0.24 µg ml(-1) for 6-acetylmorphine, 0.10 µg ml(-1) for codeine, 0.81 µg ml(-1) for cocaine, 1.26 µg ml(-1) for benzoylecgonine, 0.15 µg ml(-1) for cocaethylene, 0.11 µg ml(-1) for methadone and 0.68 µg ml(-1) for EDDP were obtained.
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XTerra RP 8 OBD Prep Column, 125?, 10 µm, 19 mm X 150 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Column, 125?, 5 µm, 4.6 mm X 150 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Column, 125?, 5 µm, 3 mm X 150 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 OBD Prep Column, 125?, 10 µm, 30 mm X 300 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 OBD Prep Column, 125?, 10 µm, 50 mm X 250 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Column, 125?, 5 µm, 2.1 mm X 150 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 OBD Prep Column, 125?, 5 µm, 30 mm X 100 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Column, 125?, 5 µm, 2.1 mm X 100 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Column, 125?, 3.5 µm, 4.6 mm X 50 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 OBD Prep Column, 125?, 10 µm, 30 mm X 250 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 OBD Prep Column, 125?, 10 µm, 30 mm X 150 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Column, 125?, 5 µm, 4.6 mm X 30 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Column, 125?, 5 µm, 4.6 mm X 250 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Column, 125?, 5 µm, 3.9 mm X 150 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Column, 125?, 5 µm, 2.1 mm X 250 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 OBD Prep Column, 125?, 5 µm, 19 mm X 100 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 OBD Prep Column, 125?, 5 µm, 19 mm X 150 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Column, 125?, 5 µm, 3 mm X 100 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 OBD Prep Column, 125?, 10 µm, 50 mm X 150 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Column, 125?, 5 µm, 4.6 mm X 50 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Column, 125?, 5 µm, 2.1 mm X 50 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 OBD Prep Column, 125?, 10 µm, 19 mm X 250 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Column, 125?, 5 µm, 4.6 mm X 100 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 OBD Prep Column, 125?, 10 µm, 50 mm X 50 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 OBD Prep Column, 125?, 10 µm, 19 mm X 300 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Prep Guard Cartridge, 125?, 5 µm, 19 mm X 10 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Prep Guard Cartridge, 125?, 10 µm, 19 mm X 10 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Prep Column, 125?, 5 µm, 7.8 mm X 50 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Prep Guard Cartridge, 125?, 10 µm, 7.8 mm X 10 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Prep Guard Cartridge, 125?, 5 µm, 7.8 mm X 10 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra Shield RP18 Column, 125?, 3.5 µm, 2.1 mm X 150 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra Shield RP18 Column, 125?, 3.5 µm, 2.1 mm X 20 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP18 Prep Guard Cartridge, 125?, 10 µm, 30 mm X 10 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP18 Prep Guard Cartridge, 125?, 5 µm, 30 mm X 10 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 OBD Prep Column, 125?, 5 µm, 30 mm X 50 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 OBD Prep Column, 125?, 5 µm, 30 mm X 75 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Prep Column, 125?, 5 µm, 7.8 mm X 100 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Prep Column, 125?, 5 µm, 7.8 mm X 150 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Prep Guard Cartridge, 125?, 10 µm, 10 mm X 10 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra Shield RP18 Cartridge, 125?, 5 µm, 4.6 mm X 150 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Prep Guard Cartridge, 125?, 5 µm, 10 mm X 10 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra Shield RP18 Column, 125?, 3.5 µm, 2.1 mm X 100 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra Shield RP 8 VanGuard Cartridge, 125?, 5 µm, 3.9 mm X 5 mm, 3/pkg
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XTerra Shield RP 8 VanGuard Cartridge, 125?, 5 µm, 2.1 mm X 5 mm, 3/pkg
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XTerra Shield RP 8 VanGuard Cartridge, 125?, 3.5 µm, 3.9 mm X 5 mm, 3/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 OBD Prep Column, 125?, 5 µm, 50 mm X 100 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Prep Column, 125?, 10 µm, 7.8 mm X 150 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 Prep Column, 125?, 10 µm, 7.8 mm X 300 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra RP 8 OBD Prep Column, 125?, 5 µm, 50 mm X 50 mm, 1/pkg
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XTerra Shield RP 8 VanGuard Cartridge, 125?, 3.5 µm, 2.1 mm X 5 mm, 3/pkg