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Detection of Ganja and Nicotine Admixture by a New System


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1 1Additional Director &Director (i/c)-Retired, Forensic Sciences Department, Mylapore, Chennai,, India
2 School of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Kuala Terengganu,, Malaysia
3 Former Student of Women's Christian College, Chennai,, India
4 School of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Kuala Terengganu, India
5 People's College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh,, India
     

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Drug abuse has become more prevalent in India. Smokers mix Ganja (marijuana) along with tobacco in the cigarettes or cigars. Necessity has arisen at this juncture to separately locate Ganja in the admixture of Tobacco and Ganja. The present work envisages a new developing as well as identification method for separating Ganja from Tobacco by Thin Layer chromatography simultaneously in the same plate.

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Marijuana, Tobacco, Drug abuse, cigarettes
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  • Detection of Ganja and Nicotine Admixture by a New System

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Authors

Kamalakshi Krishnamurthy
1Additional Director &Director (i/c)-Retired, Forensic Sciences Department, Mylapore, Chennai,, India
Thant Zin
School of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Kuala Terengganu,, Malaysia
K. Priyamvatha
Former Student of Women's Christian College, Chennai,, India
Mahadeva Rao U.S
School of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Kuala Terengganu, India
Suganya M.
People's College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh,, India

Abstract


Drug abuse has become more prevalent in India. Smokers mix Ganja (marijuana) along with tobacco in the cigarettes or cigars. Necessity has arisen at this juncture to separately locate Ganja in the admixture of Tobacco and Ganja. The present work envisages a new developing as well as identification method for separating Ganja from Tobacco by Thin Layer chromatography simultaneously in the same plate.

Keywords


Marijuana, Tobacco, Drug abuse, cigarettes

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