A Quantitative Analysis of Street-Level Drugs Seized in New South Wales, Australia: Purity, Dose and Adulterants. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Introduction The Combined Surveillance and Monitoring of Seized Samples (CoSMoSS) program is a joint harm reduction initiative between NSW Health and NSW Police Force. Here, we examine the contents and purity of a sample of seized suspected target drugs (cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine ‘MDMA’).
Smith JL +7 more
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Analysis of quality and antibiotic residues in raw milk marketed in the Chaco Province of Napo, Ecuador [PDF]
Milk quality monitoring is essential to guarantee food safety and identify factors affecting the physicochemical characteristics of dairy products.
A. E. Guerrero Pincay +3 more
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Complete chloroplast genome of vulnerable medicinal plant Saraca asoca (Fabaceae)
The complete chloroplast genome sequences of vulnerable medicinal plant Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Willd. (Fabaceae) was sequenced. A total of 5,206,216,851 paired-end filtered reads of 151 bp were obtained.
Mohammad Ajmal Ali +8 more
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Método para determinação de carboidratos empregado na triagem de adulterações em café
The objective in this work was to validate a chromatography method for the determination of total carbohydrates in soluble coffee, using a HPLC-UV-VIS with postcolumn derivatization system, in order to verify adulterant additions.
Elis Daiane Pauli +2 more
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Monteverdia ilicifolia (Mart. ex Reissek) Biral (basionym: Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. ex Reissek) (Celastraceae) is popularly known as holy thorn or “espinheira-santa” in Brazil. This herb is traditionally used for gastric and digestive problems. However,
Mylena de França Martins +7 more
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Detection of adulterants and contaminants in black pepper, cumin, fennel, coriander and turmeric using GC-MS technique for forensic investigation [PDF]
Forensic investigation is very crucial for identifying quality and safety issues related to food and its product. GC- MS has been used extensively in food analysis, and in the present study, it was used to identify the active constituents of some ...
Pallavi Choudhary +2 more
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AASLD practice guidance on drug, herbal, and dietary supplement–induced liver injury
Hepatology, EarlyView.
Robert J. Fontana +6 more
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A hybrid IoT-machine learning framework for real-time detection and classification of milk adulterants [PDF]
Milk adulteration is a growing public-health concern, as toxic substances such as urea, detergent, caustic soda, starch, formalin, and synthetic oils are commonly added to milk.
Himabindu K. +4 more
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Assesment of Adulterated Traditional Chinese Medicines in China: 2003-2017
Traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) represent one form of complementary and alternative medicine. The popularity and complexity in production make them attractive and vulnerable to adulteration in stages ranging from planting to production. Adulteration
Mingzhe Xu +9 more
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Bungarus multicinctus, an important traditional Chinese medicine, possesses remarkable medicinal activities, while lots of adulterants from other species were misused as B. multicinctus for its large demand and resource starvation. In order to accurately
Yuxin Zhou +4 more
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