Caracterización de muestras de cocaína inorgánica en una provincia ecuatoriana
Journal Title: Revista Eugenio Espejo - Year 2017, Vol 11, Issue 2
Abstract
Consumption of cocaine represents an emerging health problem because it is an illicit psychotropic drug consumed among patients treated in emergency rooms, and it also generates other risks related to the components that may be present in it. The study was carried out with a quantitative, descriptive approach. The research aimed to characterize the inorganic samples of cocaine in the Forensic Chemistry Laboratory of a province in the Ecuadorian context during the period July-December 2016. The whole population of 90 samples was taken into account. The quantification of the chemical elements presented in the specimens was carried out through gas chromatography using a mass detector coupled to the equipment. It was determined that half of the samples contained impurities sucah as cinnamoylcocaine, methylecgonine and tropococaine, benzoylecgonine and only 11.1% of the samples did not have alkaloidal impurities as results of the research. Regarding the presence of adulterants in the material analyzed, starch was the most used by cocaine drug dealers in the studied environment; the use of phenacetin, levamisole and aminopyrine could also be observed.
Authors and Affiliations
Wilson Moncayo Molina Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo, Ecuador Jessica Machado Muñoz Sistema Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses de la Provincia de Tungurahua, Ecuador Marco Tapia Alulema Departamento de Criminalística de Chimborazo, Ecuador
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