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doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263338 , 10.5281/zenodo.6089948 , 10.5281/zenodo.6089947 , 10.5281/zenodo.8113351
pmid: 35333862
pmc: PMC8956162
handle: 20.500.12210/75063
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263338 , 10.5281/zenodo.6089948 , 10.5281/zenodo.6089947 , 10.5281/zenodo.8113351
pmid: 35333862
pmc: PMC8956162
handle: 20.500.12210/75063
Human hair absorbs numerous biomolecules from the body during its growth. This can act as a fingerprint to determine substance intake of an individual, which can be useful in forensic studies. The cocaine concentration profile along the growth axis of hair indicates the time evolution of the metabolic incorporation of cocaine usage. It could be either assessed by chemical extraction and further analysis of hair bundels, or by direct single hair fibre analysis with mass spectroscopy imaging (MSI). Within this work, we analyzed the cocaine distribution in individual hair samples using MeV-SIMS. Unlike conventional surface analysis methods, we demonstrate high yields of nonfragmented molecular ions from the surface of biological materials, resulting in high chemical sensitivity and non-destructive characterisation. Hair samples were prepared by longitudinally cutting along the axis of growth, leaving half-cylindrical shape to access the interior structure of the hair by the probing ion beam, and attached to the silicon wafer. A focused 5.8 MeV 35Cl6+ beam was scanned across the intact, chemically pristine hair structure. A non-fragmented protonated [M+ H]+ cocaine molecular peak at m/z = 304 was detected and localized along the cross-section of the hair. Its intensity exhibits strong fluctuations along the direction of the hair’s growth, with pronounced peaks as narrow as 50 micrometres, corresponding to a metabolic incorporation time of approx. three hours.
General Science & Technology, Science, ION MASS-SPECTROMETRY, CODEINE, METABOLITES, Mass Spectrometry, MORPHINE, cocaine uptake detection, TOF-SIMS, Cocaine, YIELDS, DRUGS, SUPERCRITICAL-FLUID EXTRACTION, Humans, Science & Technology, Q, R, humain hair, mass spectroscopy imaging, BENZOYLECGONINE, Molecular Imaging, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], Multidisciplinary Sciences, Substance Abuse Detection, mass spectroscopy in forensics, Hair Analysis, cocaine detection, MeV-SIMS, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Medicine, MATRIX, Research Article, Hair
General Science & Technology, Science, ION MASS-SPECTROMETRY, CODEINE, METABOLITES, Mass Spectrometry, MORPHINE, cocaine uptake detection, TOF-SIMS, Cocaine, YIELDS, DRUGS, SUPERCRITICAL-FLUID EXTRACTION, Humans, Science & Technology, Q, R, humain hair, mass spectroscopy imaging, BENZOYLECGONINE, Molecular Imaging, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], Multidisciplinary Sciences, Substance Abuse Detection, mass spectroscopy in forensics, Hair Analysis, cocaine detection, MeV-SIMS, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Medicine, MATRIX, Research Article, Hair
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