An update on the implications of new psychoactive substances in public health

AY Simão, M Antunes, E Cabral, P Oliveira… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The emergence of new psychoactive substances has earned a great deal of attention, and
several reports of acute poisoning and deaths have been issued involving, for instance …

Dual-binding domain electrochemiluminescence biosensing platform with self-checking function for sensitive detection of synthetic cathinone in e-cigarettes

Q Cao, D Jiang, L Zheng, F Xu, H Shiigi, X Shan… - Biosensors and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Current single signal electrochemiluminescence (ECL) sensors are susceptible to false
positive or false negative phenomena due to experimental conditions. Therefore, sensors …

Recent bionalytical methods for the determination of new psychoactive substances in biological specimens

AY Simao, M Antunes, H Marques, T Rosado… - Bioanalysis, 2020 - Future Science
One of the problems associated with the consumption of new psychoactive substances is
that in most scenarios of acute toxicity the possibility of quick clinical action may be impaired …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic profile of four selected cathinones in microsome incubations: identification of phase I and II metabolites by liquid chromatography high resolution …

BT Lopes, MJ Caldeira, H Gaspar… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Consumption of synthetic cathinones, the second largest class of new psychoactive
substances (NPS) reported worldwide, represents a serious public health risk. One of the …

Dummy molecularly imprinted polymers for class-selective extraction of amphetamine-type stimulants from alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages

D Tan, C Han, Z Yu, X Sun, J Chen, X Shao… - … of Chromatography A, 2022 - Elsevier
Molecularly imprinted polymer was constructed for the first time through dummy imprinting
strategy with homopiperonylamine as dummy template. The prepared dummy molecularly …

Fast determination of amphetamine-type stimulants and synthetic cathinones in whole blood samples using protein precipitation and LC-MS/MS

RL Cunha, CSL Oliveira, AL de Oliveira… - Microchemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Stimulants are a class of drugs of abuse that act on the central nervous system (CNS) and
increase alertness and behavioral excitation. After cannabis, stimulants are the most …

Sequential injection analysis coupled to on-line benchtop proton NMR: Method development and application to the determination of synthetic cathinones in seized …

TJ Trinklein, M Thapa, LA Lanphere, JA Frost… - Talanta, 2021 - Elsevier
Synthetic cathinones are a class of new psychoactive substances (NPS), an emerging group
of analogues to traditional illicit drugs which are functionalized to circumvent legal …

Influence of long-term storage temperatures and sodium fluoride preservation on the stability of synthetic cathinones and dihydro-metabolites in human whole blood

AA Aldubayyan, E Castrignanò, S Elliott, V Abbate - Forensic Toxicology, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Synthetic cathinones, one of the largest groups of new psychoactive substances,
represent a large analytical and interpretative challenge in forensic laboratories. Of these is …

[HTML][HTML] Development and validation of a chiral LC-MS/MS method for the separation and quantification of four synthetic cathinones in human whole blood and its …

AA Aldubayyan, E Castrignanò, S Elliott, V Abbate - Talanta, 2023 - Elsevier
Synthetic cathinones, a subclass of new psychoactive substances, have gained high
popularity on the recreational drugs market over the past years. These drugs typically have a …

Structure assignment of seized products containing cathinone derivatives using high resolution analytical techniques

JL Gonçalves, VL Alves, J Aguiar, MJ Caldeira… - Metabolites, 2021 - mdpi.com
The innovation of the new psychoactive substances (NPS) market requires the rapid
identification of new substances that can be a risk to public health, in order to reduce the …