Fate of 1-(1',4'-cyclohexadienyl)-2-methylaminopropane (CMP) in soil: Route-specific by-product in the clandestine manufacture of methamphetamine

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 416, Issue , 2012, Pages 394-399

  Pal, Raktim ^a   Megharaj, Mallavarapu ^a   Kirkbride, K Paul ^b   Naidu, Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Australian Federal Police Forensic and Data Centres   (Australia)

Author keywords

1 (1',4' Cyclohexadienyl) 2 methylaminopropane; Biodegradation; By product; Illicit drug; Methamphetamine; Soil

Indexed keywords

1-(1',4'-CYCLOHEXADIENYL)-2-METHYLAMINOPROPANE; CLANDESTINE LABORATORIES; COMBAT POTENTIALS; CONCENTRATION RANGES; DEGRADATION STUDY; FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM; ILLEGAL DUMPING; ILLICIT DRUG; INCUBATION PERIODS; LABORATORY SCALE; LIQUID AMMONIA; METHAMPHETAMINE; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; SOIL PROCESS; STERILE SOIL; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS;

BIODEGRADATION; BYPRODUCTS; DEGRADATION; DESORPTION; LITHIUM; MANUFACTURE; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

1 (1',4' CYCLOHEXADIENYL) 2 METHYLAMINOPROPANE; AMMONIA; METHAMPHETAMINE; PROPYLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESORPTION; DRUG; HAZARDOUS WASTE; METABOLISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SORPTION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; DUMPING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; INCUBATION TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

CYCLOHEXENES; METHAMPHETAMINE; PROPYLAMINES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856210101     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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