Analytical studies on illicit heroin. I. The occurrence of O3-monoacetylmorphine.
A thin-layer chromatographic method and a high pressure liquid chromatographic method have been developed for the analysis of O3-monoacetylmorphine in illicit heroin samples. The possible formation of O3-monoacetylmorphine during the production process of heroin and during its hydrolysis were also studied using these methods.
D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D003932:Heroin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D006801:Humans; D009022:Morphine Derivatives / Q000032:analysis*
D009022:Morphine Derivatives; C017542:O(3)-monoacetylmorphine; D003932:Heroin