Sic Transit Peanut

Scientists have long engaged in a race to catch up with evil-doers who would slip forbidden substances to unsuspecting creatures. This study documents on little chapter in the history of that struggle:

“Detection and Determination of Theobromine and Caffeine in Urine After Administration of Chocolate-Coated Peanuts to Horses,” T.M. Dyke and R.A. Sams, Journal of Analytical Toxicology, vol. 22, no. 2, March–April 1998, pp. 112–6.  [AIR 15:6]