A study of the analytical behaviour of selected psycho-active drugs using liquid chromatography, ion trap mass spectrometry, gas chromatography and polarography and the construction of an appropriate database for drug characterisation.
This paper provides analytical chemical information on a range of psycho-active drugs. This analytical chemical information on liquid chromatography-electrospray ionisation-mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS), ion trap mass spectrometry (ESI-MS(n)), gas chromatography-flame ionisation detection (GLC-FID) and polarographic behaviour is then incorporated into a database which is of use in drug characterisation. Application is found in the determination of selected drug compounds in hair samples.
Doherty
Bernadette
B
School of Biomedical Science, University of Ulster, Coleraine BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland.
O'Donnell
Fionnuala
F
Smyth
W Franklin
WF
Leslie
Julian C
JC
Ramachandran
Venkataraman N
VN
Boyd
Neil S
NS
Hack
Catherine J
CJ
O'Kane
Edmund
E
McClean
Stephen
S