Forensic Science International
Volume 195, Issue 1 , Pages 36-41, 25 February 2010

Comparative study of ATR and transflection IR spectroscopic techniques for the analysis of hallucinogenic mushrooms

  • A. Koçak

      Affiliations

    • John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York, Department of Sciences, 445 W 59th Street, New York, NY 10019, United States
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  • L.M. De Cotiis

      Affiliations

    • New Jersey State Police Office of Forensic Sciences North Regional Laboratory, United States
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  • D.B. Hoffman

      Affiliations

    • John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York, Department of Sciences, 445 W 59th Street, New York, NY 10019, United States

Received 18 February 2009; received in revised form 27 October 2009; accepted 1 November 2009. published online 07 December 2009.

Abstract 

This paper compares the use of ATR and transflection spectroscopic techniques for the qualitative analysis of psilocin extracted from hallucinogenic mushrooms and control spiked mushrooms. Both techniques gave comparable results and agreed with prior GC/MS analysis of the actual case samples.

Keywords: ATR, Transflection spectroscopy, Hallucinogenic mushrooms

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PII: S0379-0738(09)00444-7

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.11.002

Forensic Science International
Volume 195, Issue 1 , Pages 36-41, 25 February 2010

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