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Analysis of Stimulants Using Differential Mobility Spectrometry

Year: 2016

Type of publication: ostatní - článek ve sborníku

Name of source: XXIst Slovak-Czech Spectroscopic Conference : book of abstracts

Publisher name: Technická univerzita v Košiciach

Place: Košice

Page from-to: 61

Titles:

Language	Name	Abstract	Keywords
eng	Analysis of Stimulants Using Differential Mobility Spectrometry	Derivatives and analogues of phenethylamines and cathinones belong to the main group of abused stimulants. This work also gives special attention to methiopropamine structural analogue of methamphetamine (thiophen ring replacing benzene ring) which appears as a drug of abuse since 2011. Stimulant effect of methiopropamine is similar to methamphetamine. Ecstasy (MDMA) is a typical representative of phenethylamines frequently named as a classical recreational drug. Synthetic cathinones are structurally related to cathinone, a compound that is naturally observed in the Khat plant. Ethylone and mephedrone are representatives of synthetic cathinones. The reasons for increasing interest in range of cathinone derivatives have been attributed to the low cost and stimulant effect similar to amphetamines. This work deals with analysis of ethylone, MDMA, mephedrone and methiopropamine using differential mobility spectrometry. Dispersion plots of measured compounds as well as time plots with differential mobility spectra were analysed.	Differential Mobility Spectrometry; Stimulants; Drugs

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