Color reaction of 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamines with chromotropic acid: Its improvement and application to the screening of seized tablets

Forensic Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-40

  Matsuda, Kumi ^a   Fukuzawa, Tomoko ^a   Ishii, Yuji ^a   Yamada, Hideyuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3,4 Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA); 3,4 Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA); Chromotropic acid; Color reaction; Seized tablets

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ACID; CHROMOTROPIC ACID; ILLICIT DRUG; SULFURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 34249780386     PISSN: 18608965     EISSN: 18608973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11419-007-0022-x     Document Type: Article

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