The use of cyclohexanone as a "derivatizing" reagent for the GC-MS detection of amphetamines and ephedrines in seizures and the urine

Forensic Science International

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-26

  El Haj, B M ^a   Al Amri, A M ^a   Hassan, M H ^a   Ali, H S ^b   Bin Khadem, R K ^a  

^a Sharjah Police Forensic Sci Lab   (United Arab Emirates)

^b DUBAI PHARMACY COLLEGE   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Amphetamines; Cyclohexanone; Derivatization; Ephedrines; GC MS

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; CATHINONE; CYCLOHEXANONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NOREPHEDRINE; NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG IMPURITY; DRUG URINE LEVEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0043170965     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(03)00101-4     Document Type: Article

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