α-PVP is the active ingredient in drugs commonly sold as "bath salts", "flakka" or "gravel" which have gained popularity since the mid-2000s due to their potency and low cost. α-PVP is a derivative of MDPV- the only difference being the removal of the 3,4-methylenedioxy group from the MDPV molecule. Bath salt blends such as α-PVP are manufactured in places like China and are marketed as alternatives to internationally controlled drugs that are often adulterated with other synthetic cathinones, methamphetamine or clonazepam. Reported effects of α-PVP include euphoria, increased alertness, tachycardia, hypertension, hyperthermia, diaphoresis, seizures and even cardiac arrest.
* EXCLUSIVE to Randox Toxicology
| Analyte |
Compound |
Cross Reactivity %
|
| α-PVP / MDPV
LOD: 1.8 ng/mL
|
Desmethyl Pyrovalerone HCI (α-PVP) |
100 |
|
Pyrovalerone
|
125.4
|
|
3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV)
|
93.3
|
|
|
α-Pyrrolidinopentithiophenone HCI
|
73.2
|
|
|
Naphyrone
|
70.2
|
|
|
4-Methyl-α-pyrrolidinohexanophenone (4-MPHP)
|
38.1
|
|
|
4'-Methyl-α-pyrrolidinobutiophenone (MPBP)
|
23.2
|
|
|
MDPBP HCI
|
17.2
|
|
|
4-Methoxy-PV8 HCI
|
11.7
|
|
|
4-Fluoro-PV9 HCI
|
3.2
|
|
|
4-Methyl-α-pyrrolidinopropiophenone HCI
|
1.8
|
|
|
3,4-Methylenedioxy-a-pyrrolidinopropiophenone (MDPPP)
|
0.8
|
|
|
Pyrrolidinopropiophenone
|
0.8
|
|
|
Butylone
|
<1
|
|
|
4-Fluoromethcathinone
|
<1
|
|
|
Methylone
|
<1
|
|
|
Methedrone
|
<1
|
|
|
Pentylone
|
<1
|
|
|
Mephedrone
|
<1
|
