Microgram Journal

To Assist and Serve Scientists Concerned with the Detection and Analysis of Controlled
Substances and Other Abused Substances for Forensic / Law Enforcement Purposes.

Published by the Drug Enforcement Administration 
Office of Forensic Sciences 
Washington, D.C. 20537

The U. S. Attorney General has determined that the publication of this periodical is necessary in the transaction of the public business required by the Department of Justice. Information, instructions, and disclaimers are published in the first issue of each year.

Volume 4, Numbers 1-4

January-December 2006

Contents

IdIdentification of Bufotenine in Yopo Seeds via GC/IRD
Robert D. Blackledge and Clay P. Phelan

Analytical Profiles for 3,4,5-, 2,4,5-, and 2,4,6-Trimethoxyamphetamine
Kenji Tsujikawa, Tatsuyuki Kanamori, Kenji Kuwayama, Hajime Miyaguchi,
Yuko Iwata, and Hiroyuki Inoue

A New, Highly Specific Color Test for Ketamine
Mohammad Sarwar

Eszopiclone (Lunesta™): An Analytical Profile
Roxanne E. Franckowski and Robert A. Thompson

Isolation of cis-Cinnamoylcocaine from Crude Illicit Cocaine via Alumina Column Chromatography
John F. Casale, Enrique L. Piñero, and Elizabeth M. Corbeil

The Characterization of 4-Methoxy-N-ethylamphetamine Hydrochloride
John F. Casale, Patrick A. Hays, Trinette K. Spratley, and Pamela R. Smith

Quantitation of Cocaine by Gas Chromatography-Flame Ionization Detection Utilizing
Isopropylcocaine as a Structurally Related Internal Standard

Enrique L. Piñero and John F. Casale

Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone: An Analytical Profile
Eric S. Wisniewski and Patrick A. Hays

Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Ionamin 30 Capsules
(Containing a Time-Release Formulation of Phentermine)

Nicole R. Edwards

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Cover Art: “Ball and Stick” Model of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (Courtesy of Patrick A. Hays, DEA Special Testing and Research Laboratory, Dulles, VA).