Determination of aminorex in human urine samples by GC-MS after use of levamisole

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1186-1189

  Bertol, Elisabetta ^a   Mari, Francesco ^a   Milia, Maria Grazia Di ^a   Politi, Lucia ^a   Furlanetto, Sandra ^a   Karch, Steven B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aminorex; Cocaine adulteration; Human urine, GC MS; Levamisole

Indexed keywords

AMINOREX; LEVAMISOLE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; WORM INFECTION;

ADULT; AMINOREX; ANIMALS; COCAINE; DOGS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; LEVAMISOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79956062123     PISSN: 07317085     EISSN: 1873264X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2011.03.039     Document Type: Article

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