Comparison of the various opiate alkaloid contaminants and their metabolites found in illicit heroin with 6-monoacetyl morphine as indicators of heroin ingestion

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 267-273

  Paterson, Sue ^a   Cordero, Rosa ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCODEINE; CHLOROTRIMETHYLSILANE; CODEINE; DESMETHYLMECONINE; DIAMORPHINE; DIHYDROXYPAPAVERINE; DRUG METABOLITE; HYDROCOTAMINE; HYDROXYPAPAVERINE; ILLICIT DRUG; MECONINE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; OPIATE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PAPAVERINE; PAPAVERINE DERIVATIVE; TRIFLUOROACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 6-O-MONOACETYLMORPHINE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DRUG USE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; ION MONITORING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; METHODOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRISONER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MORPHINE DERIVATIVES; NARCOTICS; OPIUM; PRISONERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 33747189515     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 01464760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/30.4.267     Document Type: Article

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