Methodological approaches to the expert study of plants of harmala vulgaris (Peganum harmala L) as an object of controlled traffic

In this article, based on the analysis of literary and accumulated data in the course of expert research, as well as using the results of experiments, a comprehensive approach to solving expert problems of classifying plants of harmala vulgaris (Peganum harmala L) as objects of illicit trafficking - plants containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances is proposed. The article describes and illustrates the anatomical and morphological features of common harmala plants, proposes a method for the effective extraction of harmala alkaloids from the plant matrix, and presents the conditions and results of their determination by chromatography-mass spectrometry.