A convenient derivatization method for gas chromatography/mass spectrometric determination of phenmetrazine in urine using 2,2,2- trichloroethyl chloroformate

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 630-635

  Dasgupta, Amitava ^a   Handler, Michael S ^a   Nine, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

2,2,2 trichloroethyl chloroformate; Forensic science; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Phenmetrazine

Indexed keywords

2,2,2 TRICHLOROETHYL CHLOROFORMATE; AMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROFORMIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; METHAMPHETAMINE; N PROPYLAMPHETAMINE; PHENMETRAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ENZYME MULTIPLIED IMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STANDARD;

EID: 0031833424     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs16194j     Document Type: Article

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