Citation

Janzen KE, Walter L, Fernando AR. J. Forensic Sci. 1992; 37(2): 436-445.

Affiliation

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Forensic Laboratory, Edmonton, Alberta.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1500892

Abstract

A rapid method for comparison analysis of illicit cocaine samples has been developed. The raw data are obtained by capillary gas chromatography using a nitrogen-phosphorus detector. The area ratios of four alkaloids (tropacocaine, norcocaine, cis-cinnamoylcocaine, and trans-cinnamoylcocaine) to cocaine are calculated for each sample. These ratios are compiled in a computer database which allows easy comparison of samples and makes possible reliable conclusions regarding their commonality of origin.

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