Determination of the amphetamine-like designer drugs methcathinone and 4-methylmethcathinone in urine by LC-MS/MS

Annales de Toxicologie Analytique

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-14

  Grueninger, Dirk ^a   Englert, Ralf ^a  

^a Labor Dr Englert Dr Raif und Kollegen   (Germany)

Author keywords

4 methylmethcathinone; Beta keto amphetamines; Designer drugs; Ephedrone; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; Mephedrone; Methcathinone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856445233     PISSN: 0768598X     EISSN: 19619480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/ata/2011008     Document Type: Article

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