Nails as useful materials for detection of methamphetamine or amphetamine abuse |
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Authors: | O. Suzuki H. Hattori M. Asano |
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Affiliation: | Department of Legal Medicine, Hamamatsu University Schoal of Medicine, 3600 Handacho, Hamamatsu 431-31 Japan |
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Abstract: | Methamphetamine and amphetamine could be demonstrated in nail clippings obtained from methamphetamine users by sensitive gas chromatography/chemical ionization mass spectrometry with N-methylbenzylamine as an internal standard. The methamphetamine levels in fingernails were comparable to those in hair. Both stimulants were more concentrated in toenails than in fingernails. The detection of methamphetamine and amphetamine in nails provides an alternative informatian to that in hair on their past abuse. |
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Keywords: | Nails Methamphetamine Amphetamine Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry |
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