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FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL
Volume 166, Issue 2-3, Pages 110-114Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.04.015
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liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; drug monitoring; hair analysis; segmentation; antipsychotic drugs; clozapine
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The long-term administration of clozapine could be verified by fine segmentation and analysis of single hairs of one person to examine the history of a multiple poisoning case. Segments of 1-2.5 mm length were extracted by ultrasonification in 30 mu l of the mobile phase (mixture of methanol + water, 50 + 50). By application of isocratic liquid chromatography and using narrow bore columns (Synergy Polar-RP, Phenomenex), an acceleration and miniaturization of the HPLC-MS-MS assay could be achieved. Total amounts of clozapine down to 30 fg (on column) and its desmethyl metabolite could be analysed in multiple reaction monitoring mode. According to typical sample amounts of similar to 16 mu g, relevant hair concentrations higher than 1 pg/mg were detected. Significant and reproducible concentration profiles along the hair fibres revealed characteristic administration cycles. The administration time course -in particular the time of its termination could be verified with a precision of a few days. The accuracy and reproducibility of the concentration profile was proven based on multiple investigations of single hairs. An individual hair growth rate of 0.55 mm/day was determined with a relative standard deviation of 8% by comparison of concentration profiles in hairs collected after a time span of 165 days. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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