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Optimizing analytical precision in the identification of synthetic cathinones and isomers: a comparative assessment of diverse GC–MS operating parameters
Analyzing new psychoactive substances (NPSs) in forensic laboratories present a formidable challenge globally. Within illicit drug analysis, gas...
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Detection, chemical analysis, and pharmacological characterization of dipyanone and other new synthetic opioids related to prescription drugs
The emergence of structurally diverse new synthetic opioids (NSOs) has caused the opioid crisis to spiral to new depths. Little information is...
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Recent Development in Drugs of Abuse Detection: From Electrochemical Sensors to Microfluidic Coupled Electrochemical Sensors
Drugs of abuse (illicit narcotics) are a significant problem in our culture, and both youth and adults are using them at frightening rates. Drug...
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Statistical Assessment using Chemical Profiling of Ecstasy Samples Seized in Turkey
AbstractThe physical and chemical characteristics of ecstasy have been extensively investigated for many years, but establishing links between the...
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Instrumental and chemometric analysis of opiates via gas chromatography–vacuum ultraviolet spectrophotometry (GC-VUV)
Since its introduction, gas chromatography (GC) coupled to vacuum ultraviolet spectrophotometry (VUV) has been shown to complement mass spectrometry...
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Recent advances in the direct electrochemical detection of drugs of abuse
In the last decade, the trafficking and use of illicit drugs showed a continuous incremental trend, remaining worldwide a challenging problem for the...
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Comparative analysis of vapor profiles of fentalogs and illicit fentanyl
Availability of fentanyl is at a record high with 3138 kg of fentanyl and related substances being seized in 2019. Fentanyl’s high toxicity makes a...
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Electrochemical sensor based on graphene and tungsten disulfide nanoparticles for determination of noscapine and papaverine
In this research, for the first time, an electrochemical sensor has been introduced by incorporating synthesized graphene nanoparticles (GrNPs) and...
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Synthesis of emerging cathinones and validation of a SPE GC–MS method for their simultaneous quantification in blood
Over the past 15 years, synthetic cathinones have emerged as an important class of new psychoactive substances (NPS) worldwide. The proliferation of...
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Progress on the Electrochemical Sensing of Illicit Drugs
Illicit drugs are harmful substances, threatening both health and safety of societies in all corners of the world. Several policies have been...
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Analyzing fentanyl and fentanyl analogues by ion mobility spectrometry
Illegal drugs are among the multitude of goods examined by customs officers at the border. With the emergence of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, the...
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Targeted and untargeted detection of fentanyl analogues and their metabolites in hair by means of UHPLC-QTOF-HRMS
Detection of new psychoactive substances and synthetic opioids is generally performed by means of targeted methods in mass spectrometry, as they...
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Solid phase microextraction and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry methods for residual solvent assessment in seized cocaine and heroin
A simple sample pre-treatment method based on solid phase microextraction (SPME) and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) has been optimized...
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Rapid characterization of cocaine in illicit drug samples by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy
Seized samples of illegally produced cocaine have a very large variability in composition; a fact that may result in a challenge to their analysis....
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Ten Years of Fentanyl-like Drugs: a Technical-analytical Review
Synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl and its analogues, are a new public health warning. Clandestine laboratories produce drug analogues at a faster...
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Part One: The Tying of Early Bonds
Prior to the age when modern industrial laboratories designed complex chemicals geared for humans, and biomedicalization created maladies we never...
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Unleashing the power from commercial off-the-shelf ion mobility spectrometer
Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) ion mobility spectrometers (IMS) are widely used for the trace detection of drugs and explosives in security...
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Colorimetric Determination of (Aminoalkyl)indole-containing Synthetic Cannabimimetics
Cannabis is an important industrial plant, in addition to its illicit drug use. Compound Δ 9 -THC (Δ 9 -tetrahydrocannabinol) is mainly responsible for...
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A review of cellulose-based substrates for SERS: fundamentals, design principles, applications
AbstractSurface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) provides a useful sensory platform whereby target molecules at low concentration are identified,...
