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 …

Survey and synthesis of state of the art in driver monitoring

A Halin, JG Verly, M Van Droogenbroeck - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Road vehicle accidents are mostly due to human errors, and many such accidents could be
avoided by continuously monitoring the driver. Driver monitoring (DM) is a topic of growing …

Identification of new psychoactive substances and their metabolites using non-target detection with high-resolution mass spectrometry through diagnosing fragment …

JM Matey, F Zapata, LM Menéndez-Quintanal… - Talanta, 2023 - Elsevier
During the last decade, forensic toxicologists have evidenced an exponential increase in the
number of new psychoactive substances (NPS) that are available on the drug market …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental occurrence and ecological risks of psychoactive substances

H Jin, D Yang, P Wu, M Zhao - Environment international, 2022 - Elsevier
Psychoactive substances are ubiquitous in the environment at low concentrations, and
tobacco, cannabis, etc. are all widely-existing examples. Given their potent biological …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical identification and differentiation of positional isomers of novel psychoactive substances–A comprehensive review

M Verhoeven, J Bonetti, R Kranenburg… - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the consistently increasing number of novel psychoactive substances (NPSs),
reliable and unambiguous drug isomer identification is becoming more challenging for …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging procedures and solvents in biological sample pre-treatment

V Greco, A Giuffrida, M Locatelli, F Savini… - Advances in Sample …, 2023 - Elsevier
The treatment of biological samples, especially from complex matrices, has consistently
challenged analytical operators. The classic problems to be faced for any analysis …

Synthesis of Tertiary Amines through Extrusive Alkylation of Carbamates

G Zhang, D Favela, WL Chow, RN Iyer, AJ Pell… - Organic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Basic amines are key elements of many biologically active natural products and
pharmaceuticals. Given their inherent reactivity, it is often necessary to protect basic amines …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacological insights emerging from the characterization of a large collection of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists designer drugs

C Gioé-Gallo, S Ortigueira, J Brea, I Raïch… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs) constitute the largest and most defiant
group of abuse designer drugs. These new psychoactive substances (NPS), developed as …

A comprehensive UHPLC–MS/MS screening method for the analysis of 98 new psychoactive substances and related compounds in human hair

FK Nzekoue, M Agostini, M Verboni, C Renzoni… - … of Pharmaceutical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, a rapid liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) method
has been developed and validated for the targeted analysis of 98 New Psychoactive …

[HTML][HTML] New Psychoactive Substances Toxicity: A Systematic Review of Acute and Chronic Psychiatric Effects

B Taflaj, N La Maida, R Tittarelli, A Di Trana… - International journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
New psychoactive substances (NPSs) are a heterogenous group of psychotropic molecules
and diverted pharmaceutical drugs sold worldwide as legal substitutes for controlled drugs …