Analysis of urine, oral fluid and fingerprints by liquid extraction surface analysis coupled to high resolution MS and MS/MS - Opportunities for forensic and biomedical science

Melanie J. Bailey*, Elizabeth C. Randall, Catia Costa, Tara L. Salter, Alan M. Race, Marcel De Puit, Mattijs Koeberg, Mark Baumert, Josephine Bunch

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    Abstract

    Liquid Extraction Surface Analysis (LESA) is a new, high throughput tool for ambient mass spectrometry. A solvent droplet is deposited from a pipette tip onto a surface and maintains contact with both the surface and the pipette tip for a few seconds before being re-aspirated. The technique is particularly suited to the analysis of trace materials on surfaces due to its high sensitivity and low volume of sample removal. In this work, we assess the suitability of LESA for obtaining detailed chemical profiles of fingerprints, oral fluid and urine, which may be used in future for rapid medical diagnostics or metabolomics studies. We further show how LESA can be used to detect illicit drugs and their metabolites in urine, oral fluid and fingerprints. This makes LESA a potentially useful tool in the growing field of fingerprint chemical analysis, which is relevant not only to forensics but also to medical diagnostics. Finally, we show how LESA can be used to detect the explosive material RDX in contaminated artificial fingermarks.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3373-3382
    Number of pages10
    JournalAnalytical Methods
    Volume8
    Issue number16
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 28 Apr 2016

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