THE AIM OF THE STUDY

Is to develop a method for determining amlodipine in the tissues of organs and blood, applicable in the practice of forensic chemical analysis. TLC, normal pressure column chromatography, HPLC and GC-MS were considered as methods of analysis. Amlodipine was isolated from the biomaterial by insisting twice with acetone for 30 min using a 2: 1 mass-isolating and biomatrix agent. The purification of recovered analyte was done in a column (150×10 mm) of a 30 µm Silasorb S-18 sorbent, eluting with an acetone — water solvent mixture (8:2). Preliminary identification was carried out in a thin layer of sorbent on «Sorbfil» plates, which was confirmed by HPLC and GC-MS methods. Determination by GC-MS was carried out in a column with a stationary phase of 5% phenyl-95% dimethylpolysiloxane. The fragmentation of molecules was an electron impact with an energy of 70 eV. Methods for the determination of amlodipine using GC-MS in biomatrix have been developed, which meet the criteria of linearity, selectivity, correctness, precision and stability. The limits of detection and quantitative determination of amlodipine in organ tissues (liver) are 0.14 and 0.24 μg/g, in blood — 0.12 and 0.20 μg/g, respectively. The methods were applied in the examination of a case of amlodipine poisoning and made it possible to determine the analyte in some organs and blood of the corpse.