The Analysis of Illicit Heroin Seizures by Capillary Zone Electrophoresis

Open Access

1 January 1994

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Chromatographic Science

Vol. 32 (1) , 1-6
https://doi.org/10.1093/chromsci/32.1.1

Abstract

A capillary zone electrophoretic (CZE) method has been developed for the quantitation of complex heroin seized by law enforcement. Comparison with a currently used high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method demonstrates that the CZE method has the same order of repeatability, is faster, uses minimal organic solvent, and has a resolving power that is far superior to the HPLC procedure.

Keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT
CZE
CAPILLARY ZONE
ZONE ELECTROPHORETIC
HPLC
LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC
COMPLEX HEROIN