January 2013 Subscribe Go to Application Note Library Analysis of Designer Drugs "Bath Salts" by Quadrupole Ion Trap GC–MS Ron Honnold, PhD and Rafael Acosta, Agilent Technologies With more sophisticated production methods and ease of obtaining designer drugs of abuse, forensic laboratories face increasing challenges. The rapid influx of cases involving designer drugs sold as “bath salts” pose a unique opportunity to develop fast analytical methods.   Ultrafast Analysis of Benzodiazepines in Urine by Agilent RapidFire Triple Quadrupole-MS Nikunj R. Parikh, Michelle Romm, and Vaughn P. Miller, Agilent Technologies The RapidFire ultrafast SPE-MS-MS system can screen different benzodiazepine drugs in urine, at low ng/mL concentrations, at rates faster than 15 s per sample.   Determination of Pentobarbital in Biological Samples Joe Crifasi, Saint Louis University Forensic Toxicology Lab A method has been developed on the Agilent 220 Quadrupole Ion Trap using CI-MS for the identification and quantification of pentobarbital in biological samples.   Determination of Bath Salts (Pyrovalerone Analogs) in Biological Samples Joe Crifasi, Saint Louis University Forensic Toxicology Lab; Ron Honnold and Robert Kubas, Agilent Technologies A method has been developed on the Agilent 220 Quadrupole Ion Trap using EI-MS-MS for the identification and quantification of pyrovalerone analogs in biological samples.   Determination of Propofol in Biological Samples Joe Crifasi, Saint Louis University Forensic Toxicology Lab; Ron Honnold and Robert Kubas, Agilent Technologies A method has been developed on the Agilent 220 Quadrupole Ion Trap using EI-MS-MS for the identification and quantification of propofol in biological samples.   Determination of Cannabinoids (THC) in Biological Samples Joe Crifasi, Saint Louis University Forensic Toxicology Lab; Ron Honnold and Robert Kubas, Agilent Technologies method has been developed on the Agilent 220 Quadrupole Ion Trap using EI-MS-MS for the identification and quantification of Delta-9-THC,11-Hydroxy-THC, and 11-Nor-Delta-9-THC-COOH in biological samples.   Determination of Gamma-Hydroxy-Butyrate (GHB) in Biological Samples Joe Crifasi, Saint Louis University Forensic Toxicology Lab; Ron Honnold and Robert Kubas, Agilent Technologies A method has been developed on the Agilent 220 Quadrupole Ion Trap using EI-MS for the identification and quantification of GHB in biological samples.