A study of western pharmaceuticals contained within samples of Chinese herbal/patent medicines collected from New York City's Chinatown

Legal Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 258-264

  Miller, Gretchen M ^a   Stripp, Richard ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adulteration; Chinese herbs; Forensic science; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CLOMETHIAZOLE; DICLOFENAC; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; PROMETHAZINE; SILDENAFIL; TRIAMTERENE;

ARTICLE; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CREAM; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG SCREENING; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PILL; TABLET; TEA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 34447624684     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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