Determination of a newly encountered designer drug "p-methoxyethylamphetamine" and its metabolites in human urine and blood

Forensic Science International

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-84

  Zaitsu, Kei ^a   Katagi, Munehiro ^a   Kamata, Tooru ^a   Kamata, Hiroe ^a   Shima, Noriaki ^a   Tsuchihashi, Hitoshi ^a   Hayashi, Takeshi ^b   Kuroki, Hisanaga ^b   Matoba, Ryoji ^b  

^a Chuo ward   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Designer drug; GC MS; LC MS; para Methoxyethylamphetamine; Trifluoroacetylation

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYETHYLAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYLAMPHETAMINE; 4 METHOXYETHYLAMPHETAMINE; DESIGNER DRUG; N ETHYLAMPHETAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY FLUID; DRUG INTOXICATION; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 41049107611     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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