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ArticleJournal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry2024

Assessment of a Single Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer Combined with an Atmospheric Solids Analysis Probe for the On-Site Identification of Amnesty Bin Drugs.

Anca Frinculescu, Benjamin Mercer, Trevor Shine, John Ramsey, Lewis Couchman, David Douce, Nunzianda Frascione, Vincenzo Abbate

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Article in Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Anca FrinculescuDepartment of Analytical, Environmental and Forensic Sciences, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9892-4812
Benjamin MercerClinical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, United Kingdom.
Trevor ShineTICTAC Communications Limited, Room 1.159 Jenner Wing, St. George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, United Kingdom.
John RamseyTICTAC Communications Limited, Room 1.159 Jenner Wing, St. George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, United Kingdom.
Lewis CouchmanDepartment of Analytical, Environmental and Forensic Sciences, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-0464-7886
David DouceWaters Corporation, Stamford Avenue, Wilmslow SK9 4AX, United Kingdom.
Nunzianda FrascioneDepartment of Analytical, Environmental and Forensic Sciences, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom.
Vincenzo AbbateDepartment of Analytical, Environmental and Forensic Sciences, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-3300-0520

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Abstract

The surging number of people who abuse drugs has a great impact on healthcare and law enforcement systems. Amnesty bin drug analysis helps monitor the "street drug market" and tailor the harm reduction advice. Therefore, rapid and accurate drug analysis methods are crucial for on-site work. An analytical method for the rapid identification of five commonly detected drugs ((3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), cocaine, ketamine, 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine, and chloromethcathinone)) at various summer festivals in the U.K. was developed and validated employing a single quadrupole mass spectrometer combined with an atmospheric pressure solids analysis probe (ASAP-MS). The results were confirmed on a benchtop gas chromatography-mass spectrometry instrument and included all samples that challenged the conventional spectroscopic techniques routinely employed on-site. Although the selectivity/specificity step of the validation assessment of the MS system proved a challenge, it still produced 93% (

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Illicit DrugsAtmospheric PressureCocaineGas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryHumansKetamineLimit of DetectionMass SpectrometryN-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamineReproducibility of ResultsSubstance Abuse DetectionCocaineIllicit DrugsKetamineN-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine

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PMID38837752
PMCPMC11228975

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