Microcrystal Tests for the Identification of Illicit Drugs: Phencyclidine, Pseudoephedrine, and Psilocin
THE MICROSCOPE
2019, Volume 67:1, pp. 13–30
DOI
https://doi.org/10.59082/TNWK8166
AUTHORS
Kelly M. Brinsko,
Dean Golemis, Meggan B. King, Gary J. Laughlin, and Sebastian B. Sparenga
ABSTRACT
The Microscope is publishing monographs from McCrone Research Institute’s A Modern Compendium of Microcrystal Tests for Illicit Drugs and Diverted Pharmaceuticals (4th revision: September 13, 2021), which contains 19 different drugs and their microcrystal test reagents. This issue includes the final installment of monographs, with the following drugs/reagents:
• phencyclidine (PCP)/potassium permanganate • phencyclidine (PCP)/ammonium thiocyanate • pseudoephedrine/dilituric acid • pseudoephedrine/gold chloride • psilocin/trinitrobenzoic acid The previous set of monographs were published in issue 66:4 (2018): oxycodone with platinum bromide, oxycodone with potassium triiodide (Clarke’s I-KI, No. 1), and oxycodone with sodium carbonate.
• phencyclidine (PCP)/potassium permanganate • phencyclidine (PCP)/ammonium thiocyanate • pseudoephedrine/dilituric acid • pseudoephedrine/gold chloride • psilocin/trinitrobenzoic acid The previous set of monographs were published in issue 66:4 (2018): oxycodone with platinum bromide, oxycodone with potassium triiodide (Clarke’s I-KI, No. 1), and oxycodone with sodium carbonate.