title: [Forensic-toxicologic detection of pholcodine in urine and hair].
abstract: Pholcodine (3-morpholinoethyl-morphine) is used in many countries as an antitussive without analgesic or addictive properties. It is of forensic significance that pholcodine interferes with opiate immunoassays. In this article a GC-MS procedure for the detection of pholcodine in urine and hair is described and its efficiency as a confirmatory test for fluorescence polarisation immunological and radio immunological results is reported.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität des Saarlandes.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Maurer
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Fritz
mesh_terms: D000996:Antitussive Agents; D003061:Codeine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D009025:Morpholines / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D014556:Urine / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000996:Antitussive Agents; D009025:Morpholines; C008872:pholcodine; D003061:Codeine
vernacular_title: Zum forensisch-toxikologischen Nachweis von Pholcodin in Urin und Haaren.