[Analysis of two year heroin seizures in the Liege area]

Rev Med Liege. 2005 Sep;60(9):724-8.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The results of heroin analysis from seizures in the Liege area during the last two years are presented in this article. Between January 2003 and January 2005, 50 samples were analysed in the Laboratory of Clinical Toxicology and Forensic Toxicology of the University of Liege. Mean heroin concentration was 14,7%. Noscapine and papaverine, other opium alcaloïds, were simultaneously present with heroin. As diluents, we only identified caffein and acetaminophen.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acetaminophen / analysis
  • Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / analysis
  • Analgesics, Opioid / chemistry*
  • Caffeine / analysis
  • Central Nervous System Stimulants / analysis
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • France
  • Heroin / chemistry*
  • Law Enforcement*
  • Noscapine / analysis
  • Papaverine / analysis

Substances

  • Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Central Nervous System Stimulants
  • Acetaminophen
  • Caffeine
  • Heroin
  • Noscapine
  • Papaverine