Chapter title |
Utilizing Direct Analysis in Real Time-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry-Derived Dark Matter Spectra to Classify and Identify Unknown Synthetic Cathinones
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Chapter number | 19 |
Book title |
Analysis of Drugs of Abuse
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-8579-1_19 |
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Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-8578-4, 978-1-4939-8579-1
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Authors |
Kristen L. Fowble, Rabi A. Musah, Fowble, Kristen L., Musah, Rabi A. |
Abstract |
Herein we describe a new method of statistical analysis processing of direct analysis in real time-high resolution mass spectrometry-derived neutral loss spectra of synthetic cathinones. The dark matter observed under collision-induced dissociation conditions is rendered as "neutral loss spectra," and these are subsequently subjected to statistical analysis processing, specifically hierarchical clustering analysis. The resulting hierarchical clustering dendrogram provides a means by which to classify an unknown as a member of a subgroup of cathinones, based on structural similarity of its backbone to that of the scaffolds of the drugs represented in the training set. The described method can be utilized for the classification and identification of a number of classes of psychoactive compounds. |
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