Problems of Forensic Sciences 2001 Vol. 46 (XLVI) 147-151
COMPLEX HEROIN COMPARISON INVESTIGATION
Michael A. DROZDOV, Andrei V. KAMAEV, Tatiana B. KIMSTACH
Forensic Science Centre, Moscow, Russia
Streszczenie
The identification and quantitation of illicit heroin samples are not more the problem for the forensic laboratories. The main problem is the defining the origin and the similarity of the heroin samples. The complex method of heroin investigation is proposed. Method based on the following stages: 1. identification and 2. quantitation of major constituents of heroin: opium alkaloids and its derivatives, other drugs (cocaine etc.) and adulterants (aspirin, diphenhydrinate, caffeine etc.) by chromatografic methods, 3. characterisation of trace level impurities (neutral and acidic products) – impurity profiling by GC/MS, 4. identification of diluents (sugars, starch, soda) by IR spectroscopy. The criteria of similarity based on whole complex method were defined. For every analytical technique presented parameters are adduced.
Słowa kluczowe
Heroin; Chromatography; Impurity profiling.