A contribution to the chemical profiling of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) tablets

Forensic Science International

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-44

  Gimeno, Pascal ^a   Besacier, Fabrice ^a   Chaudron Thozet, Huguette ^a   Girard, Josiane ^a   Lamotte, Alain ^a  

^a Centre Universitaire des Saints Pères   (France)

Author keywords

3,4 Methylenedioxymetamphetamine (MDMA); Gas chromatography; Impurities; Mass spectrometry; Profiling

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ETHER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STANDARD; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TABLET;

EID: 0037173129     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00122-6     Document Type: Article

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