Identification of two new-type designer drugs, piperazine derivative MT-45 (I-C6) and synthetic peptide Noopept (GVS-111), with synthetic cannabinoid A-834735, cathinone derivative 4-methoxy-α-PVP, and phenethylamine derivative 4-methylbuphedrine from illegal products

Forensic Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-18

  Uchiyama, Nahoko ^a   Matsuda, Satoru ^a   Kawamura, Maiko ^a   Kikura Hanajiri, Ruri ^a   Goda, Yukihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

4 Methoxy PVP; 4 Methylbuphedrine; A 834735; MT 45 1 cyclohexyl 4 (1,2 diphenylethyl)piperazine, synonym: I C6 ; Noopept ethyl 2 (1 (2 phenylacetyl)pyrrolidine 2 carboxamido)acetate, synonym: GVS 111 ; QUPIC N (5 fluoropentyl) analog (synonym: 5 fluoro PB 22)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895091523     PISSN: 18608965     EISSN: 18608973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11419-013-0194-5     Document Type: Article

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