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HPLC/MS analysis of historical pharmaceutical preparations of heroin and cocaine

Publication at Faculty of Science |
2010

Abstract

Pharmaceutical preparations of heroin and cocaine more than seventy years old were analyzed using RP-HPLC. The composition of mobile phase was optimized.

The components were identified by MS-MS or MS-MS-MS, and the APPI fragmentation mechanisms of compounds found were proposed. The sample of heroin hydrochloride injection solution consists of 96.1% morphine and 3.9% of codeine.

The sample of cocaine hydrochloride injection solution consists of 26.9% cocaine, 31.5% benzoylecgonine, 17.4% ecgonine, and 24.2% ecgonine methyl ester.