An analytical approach to the forensic identification of different classes of new psychoactive substances (NPSs) in seized materials

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 28, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 1904-1916

  Strano Rossi, Sabina ^a   Odoardi, Sara ^a   Gregori, Adolfo ^b   Peluso, Giuseppe ^b   Ripani, Luigi ^b   Ortar, Giorgio ^c   Serpelloni, Giovanni ^d   Romolo, Francesco Saverio ^c,e  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Carabinieri Department of Scientific Investigation   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Presidency of the Council of Ministers   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULES;

ACCURATE MASS; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; DIFFERENT CLASS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC LABORATORY; GASCHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; NO-REFERENCE; REFERENCE STANDARD; RESONANCE ANALYSIS;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

1-(3-CHLOROPHENYL)PIPERAZINE; ALKALOID; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CATHINONE; DESIGNER DRUG; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TRYPTAMINE DERIVATIVE;

FORENSIC SCIENCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROCEDURES;

ALKALOIDS; BENZOFURANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DESIGNER DRUGS; FORENSIC SCIENCES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PIPERAZINES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; TRYPTAMINES;

EID: 84905493218     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6969     Document Type: Article

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