Preface
1. Sensors for the detection of New Psychoactive Substances
Morgan Alonzo and Shanlin Fu
2. New psychoactive substances: pharmacology and impact on human health
Maria Isabel Colado Megia, Maria Dolores Gutierrez Lopez, Rebeca Vidal Casado and Esther O'Shea
3. Spectroscopic techniques, from (onsite) screening and identification to structure elucidation of new psychoactive substances
Eric Deconinck
4. LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY FOR COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH OF NPS
Maria Ibanez
5. Determination of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) in hair samples
Ana Maria Bermejo Barrera and Pamela Cabarcos Fernandez
6. New psychoactive substances as abuse drugs
Daniel Gallart Mateu
7. The legal framework about NPS
Clara Perez-Alfonso Sr.
8. Phenethylamines and amphetamine type derived drugs
Aline Thais Bruni and Caio Henrique Pinke Rodrigues
9. Naturally based mystic drugs
Francesc A. Esteve-Turrillas
10. 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
11. NPS - drugs to circumvent laws
Alexandre N. P. Aguiar and Francisco Radler de Aquino Neto
12. Analysis of wastewater
Salvador Garrigues
13. Urine as a matrix for new psychoactive substances (NPS) detection: Analytical challenges, methods, and considerations
Olga Pardo Marin and Sandra F. Fernandez
14. The targeted analysis of New Psychoactive Substances in oral fluids
Sergio Armenta
15. Gas Chromatography Methods
Pamela Cabarcos Fernandez, Maria Jesus Tabernero Duque, Ivan Alvarez Freire and Ana Maria Bermejo Barrera
16. Designer Benzodiazepines
Pietro Brunetti and Arianna Giorgetti
17. Synthetic Cannabinoids: Pharmacological Profile, Analytical Challenges, and Forensic Implications
Joao Pedro Silva
18. New synthetic opioids
Daniela Wissenbach, Hans H. Maurer and Dirk K. Wissenbach
19. Blood and derivatives in NPS detection: Current insights and future challenges
Eugenia Gallardo, Ana Y. Simao, Luana Rosendo, Ana Teresa Brinca and Mario Barroso
20. Forensic Analysis towards Green Analytical Chemistry: developments and perspectives in sample preparation
Justyna Plotka-Wasylka, Malgorzata Rutkowska, Mariusz Marc, Calum Morrison, Natalia Jatkowska and opas Bunkoed
21. Tackling the sensitive detection of new psychoactive substances by electroanalytical methods
Cecilia V. Cristea
22. Approaches to the analysis of nps in post-mortem samples in forensic toxicology
Jose Manuel MAtey Cabanas, Luis Manuel Menendez Quintanal, Begona Serrano Bravo Serrano, Violeta del Fresno Gonzalez, Felix Zapata Arraez, Gemma Montalvo Garcia and Carmen Garcia-Ruiz
23. Tryptamine based drugs
Shaun Greene
24. The analytical tools for New Psychoactive Substances identification and quantification
Daniel Gallart Mateu and Miguel de la Guardia
25. Arylcyclohexylamines type drugs
David Wood, Paul I. Dargan and Marcus Warriner
26. Synthetic cathinones: Pharmacology, toxicological action and analytical approach
Daniel Gallart Mateu