29Apr
New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) still represent an issue of great concern worldwide despite efforts made by national and international control systems to limit the spread of these substances. Alpha-pyrrolidinohexanophenone (α-PHP) is a fairly recent synthetic cathinone (the second largest group of monitored substances in Europe) with only a few published studies on the substance. Though there is a low incidence of NPS consumption in Portugal, a recent increase in apprehensions and detection in biological matrices of the substance was verified. An analytical methodology was developed and validated for determining and quantitating α-PHP in blood.
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