Table 2 Concentrations of opiates and adulterants in the heroin samples after the standard preparation method. Numbers in brackets are changes compared to untreated samples
From: Cooking heroin the Turkish way: chemical investigation on an unusual heroin preparation method
Standard cooking (%) | Mean | Median | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Diacetylmorphine | 18.0 (− 0.9) | 19.3 (− 0.9) | 3.6 (+ 0.1) | 44.7 (− 1.8) |
MAM | 2.9 (± 0) | 2.8 (+ 0.5) | 0.3 (+ 0.2) | 11.6 (+ 0.9) |
Morphine | 0.1 (± 0) | < LOQ (± 0) | < LOQ (± 0) | 1.9 (+ 0.2) |
Total opiates | 21.0 (− 0.9) | 22.1 (− 0.7) | 4.4 (− 0.8) | 58.2 (− 0.6) |
Paracetamol | 28.0 (− 1.5) | 26.3 (− 1.8) | 0.1 (− 0.5) | 50.7 (− 5.3) |
Caffeine | 13.8 (− 0.4) | 13.5 (− 0.6) | 0.3 (− 0.2) | 26.6 (+ 0.5) |