Journal of Alcoholism & Drug Dependence
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-6488
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2329-6488
+44 1223 790975
Maha K Al-Mazroua
Saudi Arabia
Research Article
Validity of Substances of Abuse Detection in Hair by Biochips Array Technology
Author(s): Ahmed R Ragab, Maha K Al-Mazroua, Mona A El-Harouny, Moustaf M Afify, Mohamed Omran, Calrole Katbai, Mohamed A Al-Qurnay, Ismaiel Al Saeed and Faisyl Al-ZweideAhmed R Ragab, Maha K Al-Mazroua, Mona A El-Harouny, Moustaf M Afify, Mohamed Omran, Calrole Katbai, Mohamed A Al-Qurnay, Ismaiel Al Saeed and Faisyl Al-Zweide
Using hair as a biological specimen to analyze drug abuse has been receiving elevated attention during last years because of flexibility of collection procedure and because hair does not autolysis like other body fluids or tissues. Hair testing provides a broad-spectrum detection window after drug exposure than urine testing. Hair analysis has specific criteria that it provides a way of obtaining information that cannot be acquired by other commonly used forensic toxicology analytical procedures, such as blood or urine analysis. In the hair matrix, many xenobiotics are trapped permanently, in disparity to the situation with blood or urine where they are only identifiable for a few hours or days. Subsequently substance of abuse detection by hair analysis should be the target procedure in the clinical and forensic toxicology aspect when the evaluation of repeated or chronic exposure to .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2329-6488.1000299