Recent advances in analysis of new psychoactive substances by means of liquid chromatography coupled with low-resolution tandem mass spectrometry

The number of methods for the analysis of new psychoactive substances (NPS) is continually increasing, and there is no indication that this trend will change in the near future. The constantly growing market of “designer drugs” makes it necessary to develop new methods of their analysis. The aim of...

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Published inAnalytical and bioanalytical chemistry Vol. 416; no. 1; pp. 107 - 124
Main Authors Feigel, Bartłomiej, Adamowicz, Piotr, Wybraniec, Sławomir
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2024
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Additives
Analysis
Analytical Chemistry
Biochemistry
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
chemical species
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Chromatography
Critical Review
Food Science
forensic sciences
Laboratory Medicine
Liquid chromatography
markets
Mass spectrometry
Mass spectroscopy
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Physicochemical properties
Psychotropic drugs
Research methods
Sample preparation
Scientific imaging
tandem mass spectrometry
Poland
LC-MS/MS
New psychoactive substances (NPS)
Legal highs
Drug screening
Designer drugs
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Summary:The number of methods for the analysis of new psychoactive substances (NPS) is continually increasing, and there is no indication that this trend will change in the near future. The constantly growing market of “designer drugs” makes it necessary to develop new methods of their analysis. The aim of this review is to present the multi-component methods of detection and identification of NPS using low-resolution tandem mass spectrometry coupled with liquid chromatography. For this purpose, 36 articles were selected by applying strictly defined search criteria. Due to the large differences in the matrices and physicochemical properties of the analytes, the described research methods are diverse. These differences are visible in sample preparation methods, chromatographic columns, mobile phases, gradients, or additives to mobile phases used. This work collects and organizes the existing information on the subject of NPS screening analysis methods and will be helpful to forensic scientists working on this topic. Graphical abstract
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ISSN:1618-2642
1618-2650
1618-2650
DOI:10.1007/s00216-023-05057-z