Counterfeit captagon: An analytical study

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 139-142

  Al Hussaini, S R ^a  

^a Central Laboratory   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Captagon fenethylline, counterfeit drugs; Forensic science toxicology; IR spectrophotometry; TLC; UV spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CAFFEINE; EPHEDRINE; FENETYLLINE; FENFLURAMINE; ILLICIT DRUG; PARACETAMOL; QUININE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG ANALYSIS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SAUDI ARABIA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0029782215     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(96)72588-1     Document Type: Article

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