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THEThe Journal ENTHEOGEN of Unauthorized Research on Visionary REVIEW Plants and Drugs VOLUME VIII, NUMBER 3 AUTUMNAL EQUINOX 1999 ISSN 1066-1913 THE ENTHEOGEN REVIEW The Journal of Unauthorized Research CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS on Visionary Plants and Drugs CONTENTS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS are $2.00 per word with a 15 word minimum ($30.00). Though we are quite selective about the advertisements we include, The Entheogen Review is not responsible for any claims made by any advertisers. We reserve the right to refuse any advertisement. All advertising and EDITOR: David Aardvark Fly Agaric, Flies, and Toads: A New Hypothesis 85 advertised products void where prohibited. Please send information, a catalog, or product sample (if legal in the USA) along with your ad copy. Write for DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENTS rates. Send check or money order to The Entheogen Review, PMB 808, 564 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA. Velada With Salvia divinorum 90 TECHNICAL EDITOR: K. 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    INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE EXERCISES (ICE) Summary Report ICE Round 2020/1 1 SEIZED MATERIALS / 20 ICE 20 International Collaborative Exercises (ICE) Summary report 2020/1-Seized Materials Final summary report for ICE 2020/1 Seized Materials Test Group Original language: English © United Nations, January 2021. All rights reserved, worldwide. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. This publication has not been formally edited. ICE 2020/1-SM Copyright © 2021 UNODC Page 1 of 104 International Collaborative Exercises (ICE) Summary report 2020/1-Seized Materials Acknowledgements The Laboratory and Scientific Section (LSS) of the UNODC, headed by Dr. Justice Tettey, wishes to express its appreciation and thanks to all laboratories for participating in the International Collaborative Exercises (ICE) round 2020/1. The valuable comments and contribution from the following members of the International Panel of Forensic Experts are gratefully acknowledged: Mr. Benoit Archambault, Health Canada, Canada Mr. Elvio Dias Botelho, Brazilian Federal Police, Brazil Prof. Heesun Chung, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea Prof. Niamh Nic Daéid, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK Mr. Scott Oulton, Drug Enforcement Administration, USA Ms. Catherine Quinn, Victoria Police, Australia Prof. Franco Tagliaro, University of Verona, Italy Dr. Angeline Tiong Whei Yap, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore In addition, LSS would like to acknowledge the valuable contribution of the Chemical Metrology Laboratory of the Health Sciences Authority, Singapore, for the provision of specific software used for the quantitative statistical calculations in the ICE programme.
  • Separation, Quantification and Control of Enatiomers of the Key Starting Material of Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide

    Separation, Quantification and Control of Enatiomers of the Key Starting Material of Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide

    Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science Vol. 8(08), pp 032-038, August, 2018 Available online at http://www.japsonline.com DOI: 10.7324/JAPS.2018.8805 ISSN 2231-3354 Separation, Quantification and Control of Enatiomers of the Key Starting Material of Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide Ajit Anerao*, Vishal Solase, Amol More, Nitin Pradhan R&D Centre (API), Wanbury Ltd., EL-16, TTC Industrial Estate, Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710, India. ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history: Objective: Enantiomeric resolution of racemic 1-(4-Methoxybenzyl)-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydroisoquinoline, a key Received on: 16/05/2018 starting material in the synthesis of the antitussive agent dextromethorphan hydrobromide. Material and method: Accepted on: 11/07/2018 Chiral liquid chromatographic method is developed and enantiomers are resolved on a Chiralpak ID-3 column using Available online: 31/08/2018 gradient mode of elution. Mobile phase A and B containing a mixture of 0.1% diethylamine in acetonitrile and 0.1% diethylamine in methanol respectively are optimized with the timed programme. The flow rate is 1.0 mL/minute and the column temperature was maintained at 40°C. Ultraviolet detection was performed at 280 nm wavelength and Key words: the injection volume was 20 μL. Results: The resolution between the enantiomers is found to be more than 2.5. The HPLC; chiral purity; developed method is extensively validated and proved to be robust. The limit of detection and limit of quantification dextromethorphan; of unwanted (R)-enantiomer is found to be 0.0075% and 0.025% with respect to test concentration, respectively. The development; validation.