impact of pharmaceutical impurities in ecstasy tablets: gas chromatography-mass spectrometry study

Authors

amir jalali -

amir hatamie dept of chemistry, faculty of sciences, shahid chamran universitry, ahvaz, iran

tahere safarpour dept of chemistry, azad university of medical sciences, rasht, iran

alireza khajeamiri dept of pharmacology and toxicology, faculty of pharmacy, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

abstract

in this study, a simple and reliable method by gas chromatograph–mass spectrometry (gc–ms) was developed for the fast and regular identification of 3, 4-mdma impurities in ecstasy tablets. in so doing, 8 samples of impurities were extracted by diethyl ether under alkaline condition and then analyzed by gc–ms. the results revealed high mdma levels ranging from 37.6% to 57.7%. the gc-ms method showed that unambiguous identification can be achieved for mdma from 3, 4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (mda), amphetamine (am), methamphetamine (ma) and ketamine (keta) compounds, respectively. the experimental results indicated the acceptable time window without interfering peaks. it is found that gc-ms was provided a suitable and rapid identification approach for mdma (ecstacy) tablets, particularly in the forensic labs. consequently, the intense mdma levels would support the police to develop a simple quantification of impurity in ecstasy tablets.

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iranian journal of pharmaceutical research

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