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JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL TOXICOLOGY
Volume 47, Issue 3, Pages 227-235Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jat/bkac075
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This article presents the development and validation of a simple and cost-effective method for detecting ketamine and its main metabolite in hair samples. The method is characterized by low organic solvent usage, high selectivity, accuracy, and suitability for routine analysis.
The use of new psychoactive substances has been increasing and constitutes a social and public health problem, and hence, toxicological analysis has become of utmost importance for the detection of such substances. In this article, we present the development and full validation of a simple, user and environmentally friendly, cheap and suitable method for the determination of ketamine and its main metabolite norketamine in hair samples. The procedure included using a miniaturized procedure-microextraction by packed sorbent with mixed-mode sorbent-for sample clean-up. Organic solvents use was minimal, and it was possible to obtain a linear method (0.05-10 ng/mg for both analytes). The extraction efficiency ranged from 32 to 61%, which did not impair sensitivity. The method proved to be selective, precise, accurate and suitable for routine analysis for the determination of said compounds in 50-mg hair samples.
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