New Psychoactive Substances: An Analytical Chemistry Perspective. The frame and the effects of New Psychoactive Substances

PART I. The Frame

1. New psychoactive substances as abuse drugs
Daniel Gallart Mateu

2. New psychoactive substances: pharmacology and impact on human health
María Isabel Colado Megía, María Dolores Gutiérrez López, Rebeca Vidal Casado and Esther O'Shea

3. The legal framework about NPS
Clara Pérez-Alfonso Sr.
PART II. Targeted analytes

4. Designer Benzodiazepines
Pietro Brunetti and Arianna Giorgetti

5. Synthetic Cannabinoids: Pharmacological Profile, Analytical Challenges, and Forensic Implications
João Pedro Silva, Helena Carmo, Félix Dias Carvalho, Rafaela Silva, Rita Roque-Bravo, Catarina Pereira-Teixeira and Paula Guedes de Pinho

6. New synthetic opioids
Daniela Wissenbach, Hans H. Maurer and Dirk K. Wissenbach

7. Synthetic cathinones: Pharmacology, toxicological action and analytical approach
Daniel Gallart Mateu

8. Phenethylamines and amphetamine type derived drugs
Aline Thais Bruni and Caio Henrique Pinke Rodrigues

9. Tryptamine based drugs
Shaun Greene

10. Arylcyclohexylamines type drugs
David Wood, Paul I. Dargan and Marcus Warriner

11. Naturally based mystic drugs
Francesc A. Esteve-Turrillas
PART III. Analytical methodologies

12. Sensors for the detection of New Psychoactive Substances
Morgan Alonzo and Shanlin Fu

13. Spectroscopic techniques, from (onsite) screening and identification to structure elucidation of new psychoactive substances
Eric Deconinck

14. Tackling the sensitive detection of new psychoactive substances by electroanalytical methods
Cecilia V. Cristea

15. Gas Chromatography Methods
Pamela Cabarcos Fernández, María Jesús Tabernero Duque, Iván Álvarez Freire and Ana María Bermejo Barrera

16. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for comprehensive research of NPS
María Ibáñez

17. Ambient pressure mass spectrometry in the forensic analysis of NPS
Alexandre N. P. Aguiar, Francisco Radler de Aquino Neto, Cecilia de Andrade Behring, Ananda da Silva Antonio, Gleicielle Tozzi Wurzler and Gabriela Vanini
PART IV. Matrix type

18. NPS - drugs to circumvent laws
Alexandre N. P. Aguiar and Francisco Radler de Aquino Neto

19. Analysis of wastewater
Salvador Garrigues

20. Urine as a matrix for new psychoactive substances (NPS) detection: Analytical challenges, methods, and considerations
Olga Pardo Marín and Sandra F. Fernández

21. Blood and derivatives in NPS detection: Current insights and future challenges
Eugenia Gallardo, Ana Y. Simão, Luana Rosendo, Ana Teresa Brinca and Mário Barroso

22. Determination of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) in hair samples
Ana María Bermejo Barrera and Pamela Cabarcos Fernández

23. The targeted analysis of New Psychoactive Substances in oral fluids
Sergio Armenta

24. Approaches to the analysis of nps in post-mortem samples in forensic toxicology
José Manuel MAtey Cabañas, Luis Manuel Menéndez Quintanal, Begoña Serrano Bravo Serrano, Violeta del Fresno González, Félix Zapata Arraez, Gemma Montalvo García and Carmen García-Ruiz
PART V. Future perspectives

25. The analytical tools for New Psychoactive Substances identification and quantification
Daniel Gallart Mateu and Miguel de la Guardia

26. Forensic Analysis towards Green Analytical Chemistry: developments and perspectives in sample preparation
Justyna Płotka-Wasylka, Małgorzata Rutkowska, Mariusz Marc, Calum Morrison, Natalia Jatkowska and opas Bunkoed