Determination of cocaine in brazilian paper currency by capillary gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
The presence of illicit drugs such as cocaine and marijuana in US paper currency is very well demonstrated. However, there is no published study describing the presence of cocaine and/or other illicit drugs in Brazilian paper currency. In this study, Brazilian banknotes were collected from nine cities, extracted and analyzed by capillary gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, in order to investigate the presence of cocaine. Bills were extracted with deionized water followed by ethyl acetate. Results showed that 93% of the bills presented cocaine in a concentration range of 2.38-275.10 µg/bill.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
2007
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422007000800031 |
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