CHIMIA (Apr 2006)

Direct Ambient Analysis of Pharmaceutical and Ecstasy Tablets

  • Luc Alexis Leuthold,
  • Jean-François Mandscheff,
  • Marc Fathi,
  • Christian Giroud,
  • Marc Augsburger,
  • Emmanuel Varesio,
  • Gérard Hopfgartner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2533/000942906777674912
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 60, no. 4

Abstract

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Desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) is a new ionization technique recently introduced in analytical chemistry for the ambient analysis of surfaces by mass spectrometry. We present here new developments in this field, focusing on their use for the analysis of solid forms, as pharmaceutical tablets or illicit drug tablets. Results recently published by ourselves are discussed in the context of related publications.

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