PMID- 10885070
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20000720
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0003-2654 (Print)
IS  - 0003-2654 (Linking)
VI  - 125
IP  - 1
DP  - 2000 Jan
TI  - Rapid analysis of illicit drugs by mass spectrometry: results from seizures in 
      Ireland.
PG  - 119-21
AB  - A gas chromatographic procedure with mass spectrometric detection (GC-MS) was 
      established to determine the principal amphetamines, 
      methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyethamphetamine (MDEA) and 
      methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), cocaine and pharmacologically active impurities 
      in 'ecstasy' tablets. The procedure was developed and optimised by combining the 
      individual methods for the various drugs of abuse available in the literature 
      into a single GC-MS run. New variants of the main drugs which may appear on the 
      drug scene were also detected, including N-methyl-1-phenylethylamine, a member of 
      a new series of illicit drugs. The method is rapid and has good sensitivity and 
      reproducibility.
FAU - O'Connell, D
AU  - O'Connell D
AD  - Analytical Biochemistry and Toxicology Laboratory, National University of 
      Ireland, Cork, Ireland.
FAU - Heffron, J J
AU  - Heffron JJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Analyst
JT  - The Analyst
JID - 0372652
RN  - 0 (Amphetamines)
RN  - 0 (Illicit Drugs)
SB  - IM
MH  - Amphetamines/*chemistry
MH  - *Drug and Narcotic Control
MH  - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/methods
MH  - Humans
MH  - Illicit Drugs/*chemistry
MH  - Ireland
MH  - Time Factors
EDAT- 2000/07/08 11:00
MHDA- 2000/07/25 11:00
CRDT- 2000/07/08 11:00
PHST- 2000/07/08 11:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2000/07/25 11:00 [medline]
PHST- 2000/07/08 11:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1039/a906316a [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Analyst. 2000 Jan;125(1):119-21. doi: 10.1039/a906316a.