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68 Methods <strong>for</strong> <strong>impurity</strong> <strong>pr<strong>of</strong>iling</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>heroin</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>cocaine</strong><br />

Figure IV. Typical capillary gas chromatogram <strong>of</strong> (trace) <strong>impurity</strong> compounds<br />

detected after extraction from a sample <strong>of</strong> <strong>heroin</strong> <strong>of</strong> Southwest Asian origin<br />

using methodology similar to that <strong>of</strong> method B1 a<br />

Peaks:<br />

1 = Meconine<br />

3 = Unknown<br />

4 = 3,6-Dimethoxy-4,5-epoxyphenanthrene<br />

5 = 4-O-Thebaol<br />

7 = 4-O-Acetylthebaol<br />

9 = 4,6-Diacetoxy-3-methoxyphenanthrene<br />

10 = Unknown<br />

11 = 6-O,N-Diacetylnorcodeine<br />

12 = Unknown<br />

14 = 4-Acetoxy-3,6-dimethoxy-5-[2-(Nmethyl-acetamido)]ethylphenanthrene<br />

Source: Reprinted from Forensic Science International, vol. 114, No. 2, L. Strömberg <strong>and</strong> others,<br />

“Heroin <strong>impurity</strong> <strong>pr<strong>of</strong>iling</strong>: a harmonization study <strong>for</strong> retrospective comparisons”, pp. 67-88, Copyright<br />

2000, with permission from Elsevier.<br />

a For details on peak identification, see table 3.<br />

15 = 3-O,6-O,N-Triacetylmorphine<br />

16 = N-Acetylnorlaudanosine<br />

18 = Unknown<br />

19 = 4-Acetoxy-3,6-dimethoxy-8-[2-(Nmethyl-acetamido)]ethylphenanthrene<br />

20 = N-Acetylnornarcotine<br />

21 = (E)-N-Acetylanhydronornarceine<br />

22 = (1R,9S)-1-Acetoxy-N-acetyl-1,9dihydroanhydronornarceine<br />

23 = (Z)-N-Acetylanhydronornarceine<br />

IS (C40) = n-Tetracontane (internal st<strong>and</strong>ard)

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