PMID- 23890620
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140605
LR  - 20130729
IS  - 1872-6283 (Electronic)
IS  - 0379-0738 (Linking)
VI  - 231
IP  - 1-3
DP  - 2013 Sep 10
TI  - Graphite furnace atomic absorption elemental analysis of ecstasy tablets.
PG  - 88-91
LID - S0379-0738(13)00244-2 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.04.021 [doi]
AB  - Six metals (copper, magnesium, barium, nickel, chromium and lead) were determined 
      in two separate batches of seized ecstasy tablets by graphite furnace atomic 
      absorption spectroscopy (GFAAS) following digestion with nitric acid and hydrogen 
      peroxide. Large intra-batch variations were found as expected for tablets 
      produced in clandestine laboratories. For example, nickel in batch 1 was present 
      in the range 0.47-13.1 parts per million (ppm) and in batch 2 in the range 
      0.35-9.06 ppm. Although batch 1 had significantly higher 
      3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methamphetamine (MDMA) content than batch 2, barium was the 
      only element which discriminated between the two ecstasy seizures (batch 1: 
      0.19-0.66 ppm, batch 2: 3.77-5.47 ppm).
CI  - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - French, Holly E
AU  - French HE
AD  - School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NH, UK.
FAU - Went, Michael J
AU  - Went MJ
FAU - Gibson, Stuart J
AU  - Gibson SJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20130516
PL  - Ireland
TA  - Forensic Sci Int
JT  - Forensic science international
JID - 7902034
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Atomic absorption
OT  - Drug profiling
OT  - Ecstasy
OT  - MDMA
EDAT- 2013/07/31 06:00
MHDA- 2013/07/31 06:01
CRDT- 2013/07/30 06:00
PHST- 2012/12/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/04/04 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2013/04/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/07/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/07/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/07/31 06:01 [medline]
AID - S0379-0738(13)00244-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.04.021 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Forensic Sci Int. 2013 Sep 10;231(1-3):88-91. doi: 
      10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.04.021. Epub 2013 May 16.