New Psychoactive Substances: An Analytical Chemistry Perspective
- 1st Edition, Volume 112 - February 2, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Miguel de la Guardia Cirugeda, Daniel Gallart-Mateu
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 5 9 7 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 5 9 8 - 2
New Psychoactive Substances: An Analytical Chemistry Perspective places in a general frame the challenge of the introduction and consume of new psychoactive drugs, their identi… Read more
New Psychoactive Substances: An Analytical Chemistry Perspective places in a general frame the challenge of the introduction and consume of new psychoactive drugs, their identification and quantification, paying attention of the three main aspects: the target molecules, the analytical tools and the matrices in which the new psychoactive substances (NPS) can be found. So, the book will provide a guide in NPS analysis with a complete information about their chemical structure and effects on the human health. So offering complementary information to the readers from the pharmacology to the law aspects.
- An updated evaluation of NPS available in the market
- A deep evaluation of the pharmacology and effect of NPS on human health
- A guide for the Analytical Chemistry determination of NPS in different kind of samples
Degree and master students in chemistry (Analytical), Forensic Sciences, Pharmacy (Pharmacology) and Medicine (Toxicology) together with researchers on Analytical Chemistry, Medicine, Forensic Sciences and applied laboratories on drug control and toxicity
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
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
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 112
- Published: February 2, 2026
- Language: English