TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Characterization of some "hashish" samples in the Egyptian illicit trafficking market using a thermal separation probe and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
JO  - ACS Omega
A1  - Hassan, Saad S.M.
A1  - Kamel, Ayman H.
A1  - Awwad, Nasser S.
A1  - Aboterika, Awaad H.A.
SP  - 25378
EP  - 25384
VL  - 8
IS  - 28
N2  - Drugs that are illegal have long been a part of Egyptian society. The most widely misused form of narcotic is marijuana, also known as "bango", and other cannabis-related products like "hashish". The chemical profile of some available "hashish" in the local Egyptian illegal market and its possible country of origin are investigated using a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry technique in conjunction with a thermal separation probe (TSP/GC/MS). The TSP/GC/MS method reveals the presence of 23 different terpenes, of which caryophylla-4(12),8(13)-dien-5α-ol, isoaromadendrene epoxide, caryophyllene, and alloaromadendrene oxide-(1) are detected in high relative proportions. Ten cannabinoid components are also detected. These are cannabiorcochromene (CBC-C1), tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV), delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-8-THC), exo-THC, cannabichromene, cannabidiol (CBD), cannabielsoin (CBE), dronabinol (delta-9-THC), cannabigerol (CBG), and cannabinol (CBN). Phenotypic index (THC % + CBN %)/CBD %) is measured for the test samples to identify both the nature of the samples (fiber- or drug-type cannabis) and the country of origin.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2470-1343
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c02809
ID  - ref1
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