Comparison and classification of methamphetamine seized in Japan and Thailand using gas chromatography with liquid-liquid extraction and solid-phase microextraction

Forensic Science International

Volumn 175, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 85-92

  Kuwayama, Kenji ^a,b   Inoue, Hiroyuki ^a   Phorachata, Juthamard ^c   Kongpatnitiroj, Kanyanan ^c   Puthaviriyakorn, Vichet ^c   Tsujikawa, Kenji ^a   Miyaguchi, Hajime ^a   Kanamori, Tatsuyuki ^a   Iwata, Yuko T ^a   Kamo, Naoki ^b   Kishi, Tohru ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Office of the Narcotics Control Board   (Thailand)

Author keywords

GC; Impurity profiling; Japan; Methamphetamine; SPME; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; BICARBONATE; BUFFER; DECANE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PHOSPHATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL; DISSOLUTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; THAILAND;

EID: 38849166638     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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