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Correlative Optical Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry Imaging Methodology to Visualise Drug Distribution in a Soft Tissue Section
Published on: June 20, 2025
Exploring the use of infrared absorption spectroscopy and two-trace two-dimensional correlation analysis for the
Lea Gozdzialski1, Bruce Wallace2, Isao Noda3
1Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3V6, Canada.
Abstract:
Community drug checking provides an essential service that responds to the unpredictable and variable supply of illicit drugs. Point of care detection of trace components using portable infrared spectrometers is a harm reduction measure to prevent overdose. This study investigates the ability of weighted subtraction and two-trace two-dimensional (2T2D) correlation analysis to reveal the presence of heroin in an opioid mixture that contains heroin and fentanyl mixed with caffeine as a cutting agent. In both methods, a spectral trace was identified that provided reasonably high correlation scores to heroin when compared to entries in drug libraries. The two-trace correlation analysis produced a higher match score, suggesting that future improvements in spectral unmixing methods may enhance the reliability of detecting trace components in drugs.
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