Identification and quantitation of alkaloids in coca tea

Forensic Science International

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-189

  Jenkins, Amanda J ^a   Llosa, Teobaldo ^a   Montoya, Ivan ^a   Cone, Edward J ^a  

^a NIDA Addiction Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzoylecgonine; Coca tea bags; Cocaine

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; COCAINE DERIVATIVE; ECGONINE METHYL ESTER; METHANOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COCA; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TEA; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0030066210     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(95)01860-3     Document Type: Article

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