DNA internal standard for the quantitative determination of hallucinogenic plants in plant mixtures

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 262-266

  Luciano, Pino ^a   Bertea, Cinzia M ^a   Temporale, Giovanni ^b   Maffei, Massimo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Central Direction of Anticrime Police   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diviner's sage; DNA internal standard; Lamiaceae; Quantitative Real Time PCR; Salvia divinorum Epling J tiva M.; SYBR Green

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; PLANT EXTRACT; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SALVIA DIVINORUM EXTRACT; SALVIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; AMPLICON; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANGIOSPERM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALVIA; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; FORENSIC GENETICS; HALLUCINOGENS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SALVIA;

EID: 34548503903     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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