Determination of endogenous GHB levels in chest and pubic hair.

Forensic Science International : Synergy
Elisabetta BertolFabio Vaiano

Abstract

Endogenous nature of GHB represents a critical issue for forensic toxicologists, especially in alleged sexual assaults. Therefore, discrimination between physiologically and additional amounts from exogenous sources of such a substance must be effective and reliable in order to avoid severe misinterpretation. This study aimed to quantify the GHB baseline concentrations in chest and pubic hairs collected from 105 healthy volunteers, non-consumers of any drugs of abuse. The final scope was to investigate if these keratin matrices could represent valid alternative to scalp hair when not available. Moreover, we also evaluated the age and gender influences on the GHB baseline levels. 25 mg of hair were incubated overnight with NaOH at 56 °C. After acidification with H2SO4, the solution was liquid-liquid extracted with ethyl acetate and a trimethylsilyl derivatization was then achieved. Analysis was performed in gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in single ion monitoring mode (m/z 233, 234, 147 for GHB; m/z 239, 240 and 147 for GHB-d6). The endogenous amount in "blank" hair was estimated by the standard addition method (0.301 for chest hair and 0.235 ng/mg for pubic hair). GHB concentration ranged from 0.205 to 1.511 ng/mg for ches...Continue Reading

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