Analysis of the impurities in the methamphetamine synthesized by three different methods from ephedrine and pseudoephedrine

Forensic Science International

Volumn 161, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 209-215

  Lee, Jae Sin ^a,b   Han, Eun Young ^a   Lee, Soo Yeun ^a   Kim, Eun Mi ^a   Park, Yong Hoon ^a   Lim, Mi Ae ^a   Chung, Hee Sun ^a   Park, Jeong Hill ^b  

^a National Institute of Scientific Investigation   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Ephedrine; Impurity profiling; Methamphetamine; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; EPHEDRINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 33746497383     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.02.054     Document Type: Article

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