1. Illicit drugs street samples and their cutting agents. The result of the GC-MS based profiling define the guidelines for sensors development
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Lukasz Poltorak, Monika Haczkiewicz, Sławomira Skrzypek, Konrad Rudnicki, Andrzej Kwaśnica, Karolina Sipa, and Anna Żubrycka
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Traditional medicine ,Illicit Drugs ,Chemistry ,Street drugs ,MDMA ,Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry ,Methamphetamine ,Analytical Chemistry ,Heroin ,Substance Abuse Detection ,Amphetamine ,Cutting agent ,Cocaine ,mental disorders ,medicine ,Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry ,medicine.drug ,Methadone - Abstract
In this work, we have focused on the profiling of 5647 street samples covering marijuana, common and new recreational illicit drugs. All samples were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) technique. In total we have identified 53 illicit drugs with Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), amphetamine, N-ethylhexedrone, 3,4-methylenedioxy methamphetamine (MDMA), 4-chloromethcathinone (4-CMC), α-pyrrolidinoisohexaphenone (α-PHiP), cocaine, and 4-chloroethcathinone (4-CEC) being most commonly found and making 38.5, 17.8, 15.5, 8.0, 3.5, 2.7, 2.1, and 2.0% of the total studied pool, respectively. Except for methadone, all analyzed street samples were spiked with at least one cutting agent. Caffeine was the most frequently found adulterating addition present in around 33% (excluding marijuana) of the analyzed samples. Other identified cutting agents make an impressive group of more than 160 compounds. Finally, we have tabulated, illustrated, and discussed presented data in a view of smart and portable sensors development.
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- 2022
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