A review of the newly identified impurity profiles in methamphetamine seizures

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dc.creatorOnoka, Isaac
dc.creatorBanyika, Andrew Toyi
dc.creatorBanerjee, Protibha Nath
dc.creatorMakangara, John J.
dc.creatorDujourdy, Laurence
dc.date2021-05-05T12:52:22Z
dc.date2021-05-05T12:52:22Z
dc.date2020
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-20T13:09:27Z
dc.date.available2022-10-20T13:09:27Z
dc.descriptionFull text article. Also available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsisyn.2020.06.004
dc.descriptionForensic intelligence of synthetic illicit drugs suffers a problem of continuous introduction of new synthetic methods, modification of the existing routes of manufacture, and adulterations practiced by criminal networks. Impurity profiling has been indispensable in methamphetamine intelligence based on precursors, synthetic routes, and chemical modifications during trafficking. Law enforcement authorities maintain the credibility and integrity of intelligence information through constant monitoring of the chemical signatures in the illicit drug market. Changes in the synthetic pattern result in new impurity profiles that are important in keeping valuable intelligence information on clandestine laboratories, new synthetic routes, trafficking patterns, and geographical sources of illicit Methamphetamine. This review presents a critical analysis of the methamphetamine impurity profiles and more specifically, profiling based on impurity profiles from Leuckart, Reductive amination, Moscow, Emde, Nagai, Birch, Moscow route; a recent nitrostyrene route and stable isotope signatures. It also highlights the discrimination of ephedrine from pseudoephedrine sources and the emerging methamphetamine profiling based on stable isotopes.
dc.identifierOnoka, I., Banyika, A. T., Banerjee, P. N., Makangara, J. J., & Dujourdy, L. (2020). A review of the newly identified impurities profiles in methamphetamine seizures. Forensic Science International: Synergy. 2, 194-205
dc.identifierDOI: 10.1016/j.fsisyn.2020.06.004
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2952
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2952
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.subjectMethamphetamine
dc.subjectImpurity profiles
dc.subjectStable isotopes
dc.subjectSynthetic route
dc.subjectForensic intelligence
dc.subjectMethamphetamine intelligence
dc.subjectIllicit drugs
dc.subjectMethamphetamine production
dc.subjectIsotopes
dc.titleA review of the newly identified impurity profiles in methamphetamine seizures
dc.typeArticle

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