Following reports in forensic-related media, regarding the conversion of Morphine (a commonly analyzed opiate in bio fluids by Crime Laboratories, Coroners, and Medical Examiners Facilities) to 6-Monoacetyl Morphine ( 6-MAM ), UCT Inc. is pleased to report that this issue does not occur in any of its products.
An independent Medical Examiner's Office recently carried out an experiment in which morphine (0.5 mg% to 5 mg% solutions) was heated (70 Deg C for 2 hours) in the presence of Acetylsalicylic acid (1mg% to 50 mg% solutions) in human urine. These experiments were carried out with and without ethyl alcohol being present. The internal standard employed in these studies was a deuterated analogue of 6-MAM. The samples were extracted using UCT's flagship sorbent Clean Screen DAU, after which they were derivatized to the Trimethylsilyl derivative and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The outcome was that 6-MAM was not found in any samples.
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