Quantitative analysis of mephedrone using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectroscopy: Application to human hair

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-69

  Shah, Syeda A B ^a   Deshmukh, Nawed I K ^a   Barker, James ^a   Petróczi, Andrea ^a   Cross, Paul ^b   Archer, Roland ^a   Naughton, Declan P ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4 Methylephedrine; 4 Methylnorephedrine: LC MS MS; Mephedrone; Metabolites

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLEPHEDRINE; 4 METHYLNOREPHEDRINE; 4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; DRUG METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG HAIR LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; EPHEDRINE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856083954     PISSN: 07317085     EISSN: 1873264X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2011.11.026     Document Type: Article

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