It also found that the concentration of the metabolite benzoylecgonine - which is what the drug breaks down to - indicated excessive use. The pathologist told the inquest that cocaine use can lead ...

The drug, along with benzoylecgonine, the major metabolite of cocaine, was found in their muscle tissue and livers. Researchers don’t know exactly how the sharks were exposed to the drug.

Cocaine's main metabolite -benzoylecgonine- was found in 12 of the specimens. The material was collected in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, a neighborhood in west Rio de Janeiro, between September 2021 ...