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Title: The GC-MS detection and characterization of reticuline as a marker of opium use.
Author: Al-Amri AM, Smith RM, El-Haj BM, Juma'a MH.
Abstract:
Reticuline (a precursor of opium alkaloids) was detected and characterised as its trimethylsilyl ethers, acetyl esters and methyl ethers by GC-EIMS and GC-CIMS in opium and the urine of opium users after hydrolysis by acid or beta-glucuronidase as coe
Journal: Forensic Sci Int. 2004 Mar 10;140(2-3):175-83