DNA sequence analyses of blended herbal products including synthetic cannabinoids as designer drugs

Forensic Science International

Volumn 227, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 33-41

  Ogata, Jun ^a   Uchiyama, Nahoko ^a   Kikura Hanajiri, Ruri ^a   Goda, Yukihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

BLAST search; DNA analysis; DNA barcode; GC MS; Herbal product; LC MS

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; DESIGNER DRUG; DILUENT; DNA FRAGMENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ILLICIT DRUG; NUCLEOTIDE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG MARKETING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; JAPAN; LAMIACEAE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MELLISSA; MENTHA; MITRAGYNA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVIA DIVINORUM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPICE; THYMUS; TURNERA; TURNERA DIFFUSA;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANNABIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DESIGNER DRUGS; DNA, PLANT; DRUG LABELING; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; LAMIACEAE; MITRAGYNA; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TURNERA;

EID: 84875635280     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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