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SPME-GC analysis of THC in saliva samples collected with "EPITOPE" device
N Fucci1, N De Giovanni, M Chiarotti
1Laboratorio di Tossicologia Forense, Istituto di Medicina Legale e delle Assicurazioni, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, L.go F. Vito, 1-00168, Rome, Italy.
Forensic Science International
|June 8, 2001
Abstract:
In this study we examined the presence of cannabinoids in saliva samples obtained from 24 drug-abusers. The saliva specimens were collected by "EPITOPE" system and the subsequent elution of samples was achieved by centrifugation. The resulting ultrafiltrates have been directly sampled with solid phase micro-extraction (SPME) and then analyzed by GC/MS. Saliva sampling is less invasive than collection of blood.