The harmful chemistry behind "krokodil'': Street-like synthesis and product analysis

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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.07.042" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.07.042</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.07.042" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.07.042</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The harmful chemistry behind "krokodil'': Street-like synthesis and product analysis
Original language description
"Krokodil'' is the street name for a drug, which has been attracting media and researchers attention due to its increasing spread and extreme toxicity. "Krokodil'' is a homemade injectable mixture being used as a cheap substitute for heroin. Its use begun in Russia and Ukraine, but it is being spread throughout other countries. The starting materials for "krokodil'' synthesis are tablets containing codeine, caustic soda, gasoline, hydrochloric acid, iodine from disinfectants and red phosphorus from matchboxes, all of which are easily available in a retail market or drugstores. The resulting product is a light brown liquid that is injected without previous purification. Herein, we aimed to understand the chemistry behind "krokodil'' synthesis by mimicking the steps followed by people who use this drug. The successful synthesis was assessed by the presence of desomorphine and other two morphinans. An analytical gas chromatography-electron impact/mass spectrometry (GC-EI/MS) methodology f
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AN - Psychology
OECD FORD branch
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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