Impact of Pharmaceutical Impurities in Ecstasy Tablets: Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Study

Authors

  • Alireza Khajeamiri Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Amir Hatamie Dept of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Chamran Universitry, Ahvaz, Iran
  • Foad Buazar Dept of Chemistry, Khoramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology, Khoramshahr, Iran
  • Tahere Safa Dept of Chemistry, Azad University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, 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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volume 15  issue 1

pages  221- 229

publication date 2016-02-01

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