FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION OF OPIUM BY COMPUTERIZED GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY

• NCJ Number: 11990
• Journal: Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 18 Issue: 4 Dated: (OCTOBER 1973) Pages: 327-334
• Author(s): R M SMITH
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: American Soc for Testing and Materials
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

IDENTIFICATION OF MAJOR OPIUM ALKALOIDS BY COMPUTER MONITORED MASS SPECTRAL ANALYSES OF THE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC EFFLUENT FROM SUSPECTED OPIUM SAMPLES.

Abstract

IDENTIFIABLE MASS SPECTRA OF MORPHINE, CODEINE, THEBAINE, AND PAPAVERINE WERE OBTAINED BY A GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC AND MASS SPECTRAL COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF A STANDARD OPIUM SAMPLE. USING THESE STANDARDS, THE PRESENCE OF THREE MAJOR OPIUM ALKALOIDS IN EACH OF TWO ILLICIT SAMPLES WAS DEMONSTRATED BY THEIR MASS SPECTRA.