Screening for new psychoactive substances in hair by ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 1372, Issue , 2014, Pages 145-156

  Strano Rossi, Sabina ^a   Odoardi, Sara ^a   Fisichella, Marco ^a   Anzillotti, Luca ^a   Gottardo, Rossella ^b   Tagliaro, Franco ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphetamine type substances; Forensic toxicology; Hair analysis; NPS; Synthetic cannabinoids; UHPLC MS MS

Indexed keywords

AMINES; DRUG PRODUCTS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; FORENSIC ENGINEERING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEPTUNIUM;

AMPHETAMINE-TYPE SUBSTANCES; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HAIR ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS; U-HPLC-MS;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CANNABINOID; CATHINONE; EPHEDRINE; KETAMINE; NOREPHEDRINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HAIR LEVEL; ELECTROSPRAY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; SCREENING TEST; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 84915760791     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: 18733778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2014.10.106     Document Type: Article

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