Study of collision-induced dissociation of electrospray-generated protonated cathinones

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 705-715

  Fornal, Emilia ^a  

^a JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cathinones; Designer drugs; Legal highs; Liquid chromatography high resolution mass spectrometry; New psychoactive substances

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTONATION;

CATHINONE; COLLISION INDUCED DISSOCIATION; DESIGNER DRUGS; DISSOCIATION PATHWAYS; ELECTROSPRAYS; FRAGMENTATION PATHWAYS; LEGAL HIGH; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; NEW PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE; PROTONATED;

HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CATHINONE; ALKALOID; DESIGNER DRUG; PROTON; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; ELECTROSPRAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ALKALOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DESIGNER DRUGS; PROTONS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84904576159     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1573     Document Type: Article

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