Heroin profiling: Predicting the country of origin of seized heroin |
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| Institution: | 1. Genetics and Plant Breeding, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226001, India;2. Plant Molecular Biology, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226001, India;3. Department of Biochemistry, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226020, India;1. School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada;2. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Ottawa, 75 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada;3. Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada;4. National Research Council Canada, Human Health Therapeutics-Biologics, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0R6, Canada |
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| Abstract: | This short report presents an attempt to assess the feasibility of predicting the country of origin of heroin based on the concentration of selected alkaloids and adulterants in seized material. The method used to classify the data was a multivariate statistical analysis, based on a linear discriminant function, which assigns the illicit samples to the country of origin using objective and repeatable criteria. Previously, this has been done using subjective criteria which are open to interpretation. When confined to samples claimed to have originated from Turkey, Pakistan, India and South East Asia in the period 1990 to 1993, the method achieved a successful classification in 83% of cases. |
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