LSD in pubic hair in a fatality

Abstract Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a potent hallucinogen, active at very low dosage and its determination in body fluids in a forensic context may present some difficulties, even more so in hair. A dedicated liquid chromatography–electrospray-tandem mass spectrometry (LC–ES-MS/MS) assay in...

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Published in:Forensic science international 2012-05, Vol.218 (1), p.25-27
Main Authors: Gaulier, Jean-michel, Maublanc, Julie, Lamballais, Florence, Bargel, Sophie, Lachâtre, Gérard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Asphyxia - etiology
Biological and medical sciences
Chromatography
Chromatography, Liquid
Decontamination
Drug use
Ethers
Extraction processes
Fatal Outcome
Fatalities
Forensic engineering
Forensic medicine
Forensic science
Forensic sciences
Forensic Toxicology - methods
Gastrointestinal Contents
General aspects
Genitalia, Male
Hair
Hair - chemistry
Hair analysis
Hallucinogens - analysis
Humans
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
LC–ES-MS/MS
LSD
Lysergic acid diethylamide
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide - analysis
Male
Mass spectrometry
Medical sciences
Pathology
Phosphates
Puberty
Pubic hair
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Respiratory Aspiration - pathology
Substance Abuse Detection - methods
Surgical implants
Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a potent hallucinogen, active at very low dosage and its determination in body fluids in a forensic context may present some difficulties, even more so in hair. A dedicated liquid chromatography–electrospray-tandem mass spectrometry (LC–ES-MS/MS) assay in hair was used to document the case of a 24-year-old man found dead after a party. Briefly, after a decontamination step, a 50 mg sample of the victim's pubic hair was cut into small pieces (
ISSN:0379-0738
1872-6283
DOI:10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.10.021