Fingerprinting of 3, 4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine markers by desorption/ionization on porous silicon

European Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 253-259

  Kraj, Agnieszka ^a   Świst, Małgorzta ^a,b   Strugała, Anna ^a,d   Parczewski, Andrzej ^a,b   Silberring, Jerzy ^a,c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

^c POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DIOS; Ecstasy; Impurities profiling; MALDI; Mass spectrometry; MDMA; Principal components analysis; Substances of abuse; ToF

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; SILICON; STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POROSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

DRUG CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; POROSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SILICON; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 33750960875     PISSN: 14690667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1255/ejms.811     Document Type: Article

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