Alkaloid content of the seeds from Erythroxylum Coca var. Coca

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1402-1406

  Casale, John F ^a,b   Toske, Steven G ^a   Colley, Valerie L ^a  

^a Drug Enforcement Administration   (United States)

^b Special Testing and Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Coca seeds; Cocaine; Forensic science; Mass spectrometry; Tropane alkaloids

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA ACETOXYTROPANE; ALKALOID; CINNAMOYLCOCAINE; COCAINE; CUSCOHYGRINE; ECGONINE METHYL ESTER; HEXANOYLECGONINE METHYL ESTER; ILLICIT DRUG; METHYLECGONIDINE; N NORBENZOYLTROPINE; PLANT EXTRACT; TROPINE; TROPINE BENZOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COCA; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

EID: 27844474689     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2005121     Document Type: Article

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