Desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry: direct toxicological screening and analysis of illicit Ecstasy tablets

Alexis Leuthold, Luc; Mandscheff, Jean‐François; Fathi, Marc; Giroud, Christian; Augsburger, Marc; Varesio, Emmanuel; Hopfgartner, Gérard

doi:10.1002/rcm.2280

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Desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry: direct toxicological screening and analysis of illicit Ecstasy tablets

Published in Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry • Dec 6, 2005

Authors:

Luc Alexis Leuthold

Jean‐François Mandscheff

Marc Fathi

Abstract

Desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (DESI-MS) was used as a simple and rapid way to analyze drug tablets and powders without sample preparation. Experiments were performed with a home-made DESI source coupled to a triple-quadrupole linear-ion trap (QqQ(LIT)) mass spectrometer. Twent...

Subject

Chemistry

Ecstasy

Mass spectrometry

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