Rapid screening of 35 new psychoactive substances by ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) and direct analysis in real time (DART) coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (QTOF-MS)

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 884-893

  Gwak, Seongshin ^a   Almirall, Jose R ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct analysis in real time (DART); Ion mobility spectrometry; New psychoactive substances (NPS)

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; IONS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

B-Y IONS; DIRECT ANALYSE IN REAL TIME; DIRECT ANALYSIS IN REAL-TIME; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; ION-MOBILITY SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTRA; NEW PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE; QUADRUPOLE TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUADRUPOLE/TIME OF FLIGHTS; RAPID SCREENING;

ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETERS;

(1 (5 FLUOROPENTYL) 1H INDOL 3 YL) (2,2,3,3 TETRAMETHYLCYCLOPROPYL)METHANONE; (1 PENTYL 1H INDOL 3 YL) (2,2,3,3 TETRAMETHYLCYCLOPROPYL)METHANONE; (1 PENTYL 1H INDOL 3 YL) 1 NAPHTHALENYL METHANONE; (2 IODOPHENYL) [1 [(1 METHYL 2 PIPERIDINYL)METHYL] 1H INDOL 3 YL]METHANONE; 1 (NAPHTHALEN 1 YL) 2 (PYRROLIDIN 1 YL)PENTAN 1 ONE; 2 METHYL ALPHA PYRROLIDINOBUTIOPHENONE; 2,3 METHYLENEDIOXY N METHYLCATHINONE; 2,3 METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE; 3 FLUOROMETHCATHINONE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE; 4 IODO 2,5 DIMETHOXY N [(2 METHOXYPHENYL)METHYL] BENZENEETHANAMINE; 4 METHYLETHCATHINONE; 4' METHOXY ALPHA PYRROLIDINOPROPIOPHENONE; 4' METHYL ALPHA PYRROLIDINOHEXANOPHENONE; 4' METHYL ALPHA PYRROLIDINOPROPIOPHENONE; ADAMANTYL CARBOXAMIDE; ALPHA PYRROLIDINOPENTIOPHENONE; BUPHEDRONE; CANNABIPIPERIDIETHANONE; DIBUTYLONE; DIMETHYLONE; EUTYLONE; METHYLONE; NAPHYRONE; PENTYLONE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; [1 (5 FLUOROPENTYL) 1H INDOL 3 YL] (4 METHYL 1 NAPHTHALENYL) METHANONE; [1 [(1 METHYL 2 PIPERIDINYL)METHYL] 1H INDOL 3 YL] 1 NAPHTHALENYL METHANONE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT ANALYSIS IN REAL TIME; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTROSPRAY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRUPOLE TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84943451751     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1783     Document Type: Article

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