Authors: Marco A Balbino Érica N Oiye Maria Fernanda M Ribeiro José W Cruz Júnior Izabel C Eleotério Antonio J Ipólito Marcelo F de Oliveira
Publish Date: 2016/02/19
Volume: 20, Issue: 9, Pages: 2435-2443
Abstract
The worldwide attention for illicit drug consumption is known mainly cocaine and marijuana which were the most commonly apprehended drugs In this study we adapted conventional systems for voltammetric analysis for identifying these drugs using screenprinted electrode SPE devices in a portable potentiostat For cocaine determination a commercial platinum screenprinted electrode PtSPE with a cobalt hexacyanoferrate film CoHCFe presented the best results in comparison to other available models and for Δ9tetrahydrocannabinol Δ9THC no chemical modification was required on the carbon screenprinted electrodes CSPEs The results allowed the use of the adapted systems with good analytical parameters cocaine and Δ9THC determination presented a sensibility equal to 202 × 10−2 and 265 × 10−7 A L mol−1 respectively Finally the developed procedures showed an application for electrochemical analysis in forensic context besides the results obtained to comply with reliable results which forensic analysis must haveThe authors acknowledge Polícia Científica do Estado de São Paulo SPTCSP for the partnership Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico CNPq Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo FAPESP Proccess 2012/000847 and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior CAPES – 3451/2014 for the financial support
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