Rapid qualitative and quantitative analysis of opiates in extract of poppy head via FTIR and chemometrics: towards in-field sensors

Title: Rapid qualitative and quantitative analysis of opiates in extract of poppy head via FTIR and chemometrics: towards in-field sensors
Creator: Turner, Nicholas W.; Cauchi, Michael; Piletska, Elena V.; Preston, Christopher; Piletsky, Sergey A.
Relation: Biosensors & Bioelectronics Vol. 24, Issue 11, p. 3322-3328
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2009.04.030
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2009
Description: Identification and quantification of the opiates morphine and thebaine has been achieved in three commercial poppy cultivars using FTIR-ATR spectroscopy, from a simple and rapid methanolic extraction, suitable for field analysis. The limits of detection were 0.13 mg/ml (0.013%, w/v) and 0.3 mg/ml (0.03%, w/v) respectively. The concentrations of opiates present were verified with HPLC–MS. The chemometrics has been used to identify specific “signature” peaks in the poppy IR spectra for characterisation of cultivar by its unique fingerprint offering a potential forensic application in opiate crop analysis.
Subject: FTIR; opiate; sensor; chemometrics; field assay
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/808607
Identifier: uon:7713
Identifier: ISSN:0956-5663
Language: eng
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