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  • Title: Performance of techniques used to detect drugs of abuse in urine: study based on external quality assessment.
    Author: Wilson JF, Williams J, Walker G, Toseland PA, Smith BL, Richens A, Burnett D.
    Journal: Clin Chem; 1991 Mar; 37(3):442-7. PubMed ID: 2004454.
    Abstract:
    Twenty-five samples of lyophilized urine from the U.K. External Quality Assessment Scheme for Drugs of Abuse were analyzed by an average of 95 laboratories between April 1987 and December 1989. Samples contained mixtures of analytes and included replicated concentrations of morphine, methadone, amphetamine, and cocaine at 0, 1, 2, and 5 mg/L and of benzoylecgonine at 0, 0.4, 1, 2, and 4 mg/L. Some chromatographic techniques were inadequate for detecting morphine, amphetamine, cocaine, and benzoylecgonine at the lower concentrations of analytes studied: gas-liquid chromatography was least sensitive for morphine; in-house thin-layer chromatography (TLC) was least sensitive for the other analytes. Few significant differences in specificity were detected between techniques, although significant interference from structurally related compounds was demonstrated in assays of morphine, methadone, and amphetamine. Exceptions were the Boehringer (BCL) test for opiates and TLC applied to amphetamine and benzoylecgonine, which demonstrated considerable lack of specificity.
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