Screening for and validated quantification of amphetamines and of amphetamine‐ and piperazine‐derived designer drugs in human blood plasma by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
Journal of Mass Spectrometry June 1, 2003 Frank T. Peters, Simone Schaëfer, Roland F. Staack et al. 171 citations
Abstract The classical stimulants amphetamine, methamphetamine, ethylamphetamine and the amphetamine‐derived designer drugs MDA, MDMA (‘ecstasy’), MDEA, BDB and MBDB have been widely abused for a relatively long time. In recent years, a number of newer designer drugs have entered the illicit drug market. 4‐Methylthioamphetamine (MTA), p ‐methoxyamphetamine (PMA) and p ‐methoxymethamphetamine...