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. 2015 Mar 9;2015:164974. doi: 10.1155/2015/164974

Table 1.

Some approaches for separation and detection-determination of drugs of abuse in sweat.

Number Analytical approach Examples of some analyzed drugs Limit of quantification
(ng per patch)
References
1 GC-MS (electron ionization) Cocaine, codeine, 6-acetylcodeine, morphine, 6-acetylmorphine, and heroin 5–10 [8]
2 GC-MS (electron ionization) Cocaine, codeine, 6-acetylcodeine, morphine, 6-acetylmorphine, and heroin 5 [13]
GC-MS (electron ionization) Methadone 50 [14]
3 GC-MS (electron ionization) Cocaine, codeine, 6-acetylcodeine, morphine, and heroin 50 [15]
4 GC-MS (electron ionization) Codeine, morphine, and 6-acetylmorphine 2.5 [16]
5 GC-MS (electron ionization) Cocaine and heroin Not mentioned [17]
6 GC-MS (electron ionization) Cocaine, codeine, morphine, and 6-acetylmorphine 2.5 [18]
7 ELISA and GC-MS (electron ionization) Codeine, morphine, 6-acetylmorphine, and heroin 3–5 [10]
8 LC-MS-MS (electrospray ionization) Fentanyl 0.09 [19]