Title
Liquid chromatographic analysis of cocaine and benzoylecgonine in plasma of traditional coca chewers from Bolivia during exercise
Date Issued
01 May 1997
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Inst. Francais Rech. Sci. D.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to determine the amount of cocaine and benzoylecgonine in the plasma of Aymara Indians from the Bolivian Andes after traditional chewing of coca leaves during exercise performance. The determination was carried out by high performance liquid chromatography after solid-liquid extraction. The results showed that such use of coca leaves is well correlated with pharmacologically active concentration of cocaine in plasma.
Start page
173
End page
178
Volume
56
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Tecnología médica de laboratorio (análisis de muestras, tecnologías para el diagnóstico)
Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0030980934
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
ISSN of the container
03788741
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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