Abstract：
:Over the past ten years, there has been a significant increase in the amount of formulations containing anabolic androgenic steroids apprehended worldwide. A considerable amount of these illicit preparations is falsified imposing a series of challenges for the analytical identification of alleged active ingredients due to the presence of interferers. In this sense, the aim of this work was to identify and quantify the active ingredient using cholesterol as internal standard in eight apprehended formulations of anabolic androgenic steroids in either tablet, capsule or injectable forms employing visual inspection and instrumental analysis of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry and Differential Scanning Calorimetry. The assessed samples were kindly provided by the Brazilian Federal Police as representative samples from an apprehension made in July of 2017. Qualitatively, 25% of the analyzed materials were determined to be falsified as they were composed of excipients only while the others had the alleged active ingredient confirmed. However, after quantitative analysis, the majority of samples were placed as counterfeit materials as the active substance was found in concentrations lower than stated in the label. Preliminary visual inspection provided important information to distinguish genuine from falsified samples. It should be noted that this work was one of the few available reports to employ Differential Scanning Calorimetry in the analysis of anabolic agents, which proved to be an important complementary tool for the detection of the active ingredient, when present, along with the calorimetric profile of the formulations studied. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Gas-Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry were also efficient analytical tools in order to identify and to characterize substances present in fraudulent preparations.
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Forensic Sci Intjournal_title
Forensic science internationalauthors
Berneira LM,de Freitas SC,da Silva CC,Machado AM,de Pereira CMP,Dos Santos MAZdoi
10.1016/j.forsciint.2018.12.022subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-03-01 00:00:00pages
15-21eissn
0379-0738issn
1872-6283pii
S0379-0738(19)30001-5journal_volume
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