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Drugs

Drugs. Drug Analysis. General Principles. First test should be a visual examination naked eye low-power microscope especially important with plant materials & powders that do not appear to be uniform determine weight or volume of sample

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Drugs

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  1. Drugs

  2. Drug Analysis

  3. General Principles • First test should be a visual examination • naked eye • low-power microscope • especially important with plant materials & powders that do not appear to be uniform • determine weight or volume of sample • Examinations should proceed from general to the specific • each test should help narrow the number of possible substances that the sample could be

  4. General Principles • Analytical schemes and individual tests should conform to those already in general practice

  5. General Principles • When ever possible, at least one test should be specific for the drug in question • confirmatory test should be of a different type than those procedures used in the presumptive & separation phases of the examination • confirmatory tests • IR, GC-MS • presumptive or screening tests • “spot”tests, TLC

  6. General Principles • Try to conserve the drugs present as evidence • would allow for reanalysis • If the sample is too small to do a complete analysis • perform non-destructive tests before destructive tests

  7. General Principles • Tests should do double duty when possible • GC can be used for quantitative analysis as well as qualitative analysis

  8. Scheme of Analysis • Preliminary visual examination of all samples • Weigh all samples • Select representative samples (if appropriate) • Screening tests (usually spot) • Separation tests • confirmatory tests

  9. Scheme of Analysis • Quantitative analysis if appropriate • Other tests if appropriate

  10. Preliminary Examination • If there are a large number of samples with similar packaging segregate the samples into groups • Determine if the mixture is homogeneous • See if crystals of a drug have been coated onto plant material (microscope) • PCP is often coated onto marijuana or parsley • Hygroscopic materials such as cocaine tend to aggregate & become discolored

  11. Screening Tests • Primary function to eliminate some drugs from consideration & indicate the identity of a drug • Categories • spot tests • microscopic tests • spectroscopic tests

  12. Spot Tests (Color Tests) • Often done on a spot plate or sometimes in a test tube • Normally destroy the sample • No spot test is specific for a particular drug • negative test is a good indicator for the absence of the controlled substances that respond positively to it • Diluents may interfere with some spot tests • especially concentrated sulfuric acid

  13. Spot Tests • Marquis • 2% formaldehyde in sulfuric acid • turns purple in the presence of most opium derivatives • becomes orange-brown with amphetamines & methamphetamines

  14. Spot Tests • Dillie-Koppanyi • 1% cobalt acetate in methanol followed by 5% isopropylamine in methanol • turns violet-blue in the presence of most barbiturates

  15. Spot Tests • Duquenois-Levine • Reagent A: 2% vanillin & 1% acetaldehyde in ethanol • Reagent B: concentrated hydrochloric acid • Reagent C: chloroform • solutions are added sequentially to vegetation • purple color appears in the chloroform layer for marijuana

  16. Spot Tests • Van Urk • 1% solution of p-dimethlaminobenzaldehyde in 10% concentrated hydrochloric acid and ethanol • turns purple in the presence of LSD • Difficult to conduct in field • LSD is present in very small amounts in illicit preparations

  17. Spot Tests • Scott Test (cocaine) • solution A: 2% cobalt thiocayanate dissolve in water and glycerin (1:1) • solution B: concentrated hydrochloric acid • solution C: chloroform • powdered cocaine turns solution A blue • color turns pink on adding solution B • blue color appears in the chloroform layer on adding solution C

  18. Microscopic Tests • Two Types • morphology tests • microcrystal tests • Morphology • most commonly used with plant matter such as marijuana • look for botanical features

  19. Microcrystalline Tests • Involves dissolving the sample in a suitable solvent, filtering, and adding a precipitating agent to promote crystallization • The size & shape of the crystals are highly characteristic of the drug

  20. Chromatography • TLC or GC • Comparison of Rf or retention-time values between questioned & known drugs • techniques accompanies and complements spot & crystal tests

  21. Separation Tests • Tests that separate controlled substances from the matrix of diluents and other substances in a mixture • TLC, GC, HPLC

  22. Confirmatory Tests • A test that has the capability of identifying a drug after it has been presumptively identified by other techniques • individualization • generally spectroscopic • IR (method of choice in most forensic labs) • IR is unique for each compound (“fingerprint”) • substance should be as pure as possible • Mass Spectrometry

  23. Methods of Analysis---Narcotics (Heroine) • Color Tests • Marquis (purple); Froehde’s reagent (purple changing to olive green on standing) Mecke’s (yellow, turning to green on standing) • Microcrystalline Tests • platinum chloride, sodium acetate, mercuric chloride

  24. Methods of Analysis • Separation---Heroine • easily separated from cutting agents by TLC • separated from quinine procaine, etc by a number of mobile phase systems • acetic acid:ethanol:water (30:60:10)

  25. Analysis---Meth • Spot tests • Marquis (orange) • Confirmation • IR spectroscopy on free bases (liquids) or hydrochloride or sulfate salts • salts give better spectra

  26. Analysis--Cocaine • Presumptive Tests • Spot Tests • Scott Test (blue;pink; blue) • TLC • Microcrystalline (gold chloride or lead iodide) • Quantitative analysis can be done by GC • Confirmatory Test • IR

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