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An unusual case of fatal hypothermia involving topical diphenhydramine. 一个不寻常的病例致命低温涉及局部苯海拉明。
IF 2.2 4区 医学
Forensic Toxicology Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/s11419-022-00637-7
Maiko Kusano, Masaya Fujishiro, Mari Hashimoto, Ming Jui Ng, Ryuji Yoshida, Shin-Ichiro Narita, Akihiro Nakauchi, Keizo Sato, Yuichiro Tachi, Taka-Aki Matsuyama
{"title":"An unusual case of fatal hypothermia involving topical diphenhydramine.","authors":"Maiko Kusano,&nbsp;Masaya Fujishiro,&nbsp;Mari Hashimoto,&nbsp;Ming Jui Ng,&nbsp;Ryuji Yoshida,&nbsp;Shin-Ichiro Narita,&nbsp;Akihiro Nakauchi,&nbsp;Keizo Sato,&nbsp;Yuichiro Tachi,&nbsp;Taka-Aki Matsuyama","doi":"10.1007/s11419-022-00637-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11419-022-00637-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Diphenhydramine is an antihistamine drug widely used to alleviate symptoms caused by allergies and the common cold. Diphenhydramine-involved fatalities have been reported in the past but usually involving overdose by ingestion. We report a peculiar case of fatal hypothermia during non-winter season involving topical diphenhydramine.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A 23-year-old male with no known preexisting medical conditions was found dead in the bathroom of his apartment with a small amount of running water on his back. Postmortem examinations and toxicological analysis on blood and urine were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Color difference was apparent between the right and left cardiac blood. Wischnewski spots were observed in the gastric mucosa. Histological examination revealed no obvious findings that could attribute to serious cardiovascular events. Drug screening by gas chromatograph-tandem mass spectrometry (GC/MS/MS) detected diphenhydramine in blood and urine. Further quantification revealed the postmortem concentrations to be 0.44 μg/mL in blood and 2500 μg/mL in urine.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The cause of death was determined to be hypothermia. Diphenhydramine-induced drowsiness and possible intrinsic cardiac factor may have led to prolonged impaired consciousness, preventing his ability to escape from the running cold water leading to hypothermia and death.</p>","PeriodicalId":12329,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10715116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2
Rapid quantification of phenobarbital and barbital in human whole blood by liquid-liquid extraction combined with DART-orbitrap-HRMS. 液液萃取联合DART-orbitrap-HRMS快速定量人全血中苯巴比妥和巴比妥的含量。
IF 2.2 4区 医学
Forensic Toxicology Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/s11419-022-00650-w
Shi Ke, Ru Lian, Rong Wang, Yulan Rao, Chen Liang, Jianying Liang, Yurong Zhang
{"title":"Rapid quantification of phenobarbital and barbital in human whole blood by liquid-liquid extraction combined with DART-orbitrap-HRMS.","authors":"Shi Ke,&nbsp;Ru Lian,&nbsp;Rong Wang,&nbsp;Yulan Rao,&nbsp;Chen Liang,&nbsp;Jianying Liang,&nbsp;Yurong Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s11419-022-00650-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11419-022-00650-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aims to develop and validate a rapid, simple, and efficient bioanalytical method for the simultaneous quantification of phenobarbital and barbital in human whole blood using liquid-liquid extraction combined with direct analysis in real time (DART) and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Phenobarbital-d5 and aprobarbital were selected as internal standards (ISs) of phenobarbital and barbital, respectively. A mixed solvent of o-xylene and ethyl acetate at a ratio of 1:6 was used to extract analytes of interest and ISs from 100 μL of human whole blood samples. Phenobarbital and barbital were detected by DART-HRMS. The proposed method has been validated in accordance with United States Food and Drug Administration Guidelines for Bioanalytical Method Validation in terms of selectivity, linearity, accuracy, precision, matrix effect, recovery, stability, and dilution integrity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The lower limits of quantification (LLOQs) of phenobarbital and barbital were both 10 ng/mL. The linearities were in the range of 10-1000 ng/mL (R<sup>2</sup> ≥ 0.99). The mean recovery values of phenobarbital and barbital were 99.7% and 88.1%, respectively. The interday and intraday precision values were less than 10.4%, and the interday and intraday accuracy values ranged from 87.6 to 106.7%. Furthermore, the validated method was applied to four cases of phenobarbital poisoning at the Shanghai Institute of Forensic Science.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The developed and fully validated method enabled the simultaneous quantification of phenobarbital and barbital in human whole blood and was successfully applied to authentic cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":12329,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9266035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
The next addiction-causing drug class 4-quinazolinone derivatives: analyses of methaqualone analogs including recently discovered 2-methoxyqualone by different modes of mass spectrometry. 下一个致瘾药物类4-喹唑啉酮衍生物:用不同模式质谱法分析包括最近发现的2-甲氧基喹酮在内的甲喹酮类似物。
IF 2.2 4区 医学
Forensic Toxicology Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/s11419-022-00631-z
Hongkun Yang, Yue Wang, Jinlei Liu, Shi Qiu, Jie Gu, Huiru Bai, Jun Li, Amin Wurita, Koutaro Hasegawa
{"title":"The next addiction-causing drug class 4-quinazolinone derivatives: analyses of methaqualone analogs including recently discovered 2-methoxyqualone by different modes of mass spectrometry.","authors":"Hongkun Yang,&nbsp;Yue Wang,&nbsp;Jinlei Liu,&nbsp;Shi Qiu,&nbsp;Jie Gu,&nbsp;Huiru Bai,&nbsp;Jun Li,&nbsp;Amin Wurita,&nbsp;Koutaro Hasegawa","doi":"10.1007/s11419-022-00631-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11419-022-00631-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The information on analytical methods for 4-quinazolinone recreational drugs, such as methaqualone, etaqualone and 2-methoxyqualone, is almost scant. In this study, product ion spectra of gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) with different collision energies were presented for these drugs. Because 2-methoxyqualone is a new recreational drug discovered in dubious tablets very recently, much more detailed data obtained by different types of mass spectrometry instruments, and quantification data of 2-methoxyqualone in the tablet together with its validation were demonstrated.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The methods for analyses were GC-MS/MS, high-resolution ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The GC-MS/MS product ion spectra of the three compounds with different collision energies have not been reported before. They were very useful to tentatively identify unknown compounds. If a reference standard is available, the final identification and quantification can be achieved by measurements of product ion spectra and in selected reaction monitoring mode very easily by GC-MS/MS. The final identification and quantification for the new 2-methoxyqualone were performed in this way. The content of the compound was 69.8 ± 0.5% (w/w) in the tablet. Acetaminophen and caffeine coexisted in the tablet with approximate concentrations at 10 and 5%, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this article, we have presented product ion spectra of methaqualone, etaqualone and 2-methoxyqualone at different collision energies by GC-MS/MS for the first time. In addition, this is the first paper to describe the details of quantification of 2-methoxyqualone in the authentic seized product.</p>","PeriodicalId":12329,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10715120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
A review of synthetic cathinones emerging in recent years (2019-2022). 近年来合成卡西酮综述(2019-2022)。
IF 2.2 4区 医学
Forensic Toxicology Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/s11419-022-00639-5
Patryk Kuropka, Marcin Zawadzki, Paweł Szpot
{"title":"A review of synthetic cathinones emerging in recent years (2019-2022).","authors":"Patryk Kuropka,&nbsp;Marcin Zawadzki,&nbsp;Paweł Szpot","doi":"10.1007/s11419-022-00639-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11419-022-00639-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The emergence of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) has been being a continuous and evolving problem for more than a decade. Every year, dozens of new, previously unknown drugs appear on the illegal market, posing a significant threat to the health and lives of their users. Synthetic cathinones are one of the most numerous and widespread groups among NPS. The purpose of this work was to identify and summarize available data on newly emerging cathinones in very recent years.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Various online databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, but also databases of government agencies including those involved in early warning systems, were used in search of reports on the identification of newly emerging synthetic cathinones. In addition, threads on various forums created by users of these drugs were searched for reports on the effects of these new substances.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We have identified 29 synthetic cathinones that have been detected for the first time from early 2019 to mid-2022. We described their structures, known intoxication symptoms, detected concentrations in biological material in poisoning cases, as well as the countries and dates of their first appearance. Due to the lack of studies on the properties of the novel compounds, we compared data on the pharmacological profiles of the better-known synthetic cathinones with available information on the newly emerged ones. Some of these new agents already posed a threat, as the first cases of poisonings, including fatal ones, have been reported.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Most of the newly developed synthetic cathinones can be seen as analogs and replacements for once-popular compounds that have been declining in popularity as a result of legislative efforts. Although it appears that some of the newly emerging cathinones are not widely used, they may become more popular in the future and could become a significant threat to health and life. Therefore, it is important to continue developing early warning systems and identifying new compounds so that their widespread can be prevented.</p>","PeriodicalId":12329,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9476408/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9207649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 13
Characterisation of AMB-FUBINACA metabolism and CB1-mediated activity of its acid metabolite. AMB-FUBINACA代谢特征及其酸代谢产物cb1介导的活性。
IF 2.2 4区 医学
Forensic Toxicology Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/s11419-022-00649-3
Hunter D J Webb, David B Finlay, Shuli Chen, Andrea J Vernall, Eric Sparkes, Samuel D Banister, Rhonda J Rosengren, Michelle Glass
{"title":"Characterisation of AMB-FUBINACA metabolism and CB<sub>1</sub>-mediated activity of its acid metabolite.","authors":"Hunter D J Webb,&nbsp;David B Finlay,&nbsp;Shuli Chen,&nbsp;Andrea J Vernall,&nbsp;Eric Sparkes,&nbsp;Samuel D Banister,&nbsp;Rhonda J Rosengren,&nbsp;Michelle Glass","doi":"10.1007/s11419-022-00649-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11419-022-00649-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>AMB-FUBINACA is a synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist (SCRA) which is primarily metabolised by hepatic enzymes producing AMB-FUBINACA carboxylic acid. The metabolising enzymes associated with this biotransformation remain unknown. This study aimed to determine if AMB-FUBINACA metabolism could be reduced in the presence of carboxylesterase (CES) inhibitors and recreational drugs commonly consumed with it. The affinity and activity of the AMB-FUBINACA acid metabolite at the cannabinoid type-1 receptor (CB<sub>1</sub>) was investigated to determine the activity of the metabolite.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The effect of CES1 and CES2 inhibitors, and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ<sup>9</sup>-THC) on AMB-FUBINACA metabolism were determined using both human liver microsomes (HLM) and recombinant carboxylesterases. Radioligand binding and cAMP assays comparing AMB-FUBINACA and AMB-FUBINACA acid were carried out in HEK293 cells expressing human CB<sub>1</sub>.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>AMB-FUBINACA was rapidly metabolised by HLM in the presence and absence of NADPH. Additionally, CES1 and CES2 inhibitors both significantly reduced AMB-FUBINACA metabolism. Furthermore, digitonin (100 µM) significantly inhibited CES1-mediated metabolism of AMB-FUBINACA by ~ 56%, while the effects elicited by Δ<sup>9</sup>-THC were not statistically significant. AMB-FUBINACA acid produced only 26% radioligand displacement consistent with low affinity binding. In cAMP assays, the potency of AMB-FUBINACA was ~ 3000-fold greater at CB<sub>1</sub> as compared to the acid metabolite.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>CES1A1 was identified as the main hepatic enzyme responsible for the metabolism of AMB-FUBINACA to its less potent carboxylic acid metabolite. This biotransformation was significantly inhibited by digitonin. Since other xenobiotics may also inhibit similar SCRA metabolic pathways, understanding these interactions may elucidate why some users experience high levels of harm following SCRA use.</p>","PeriodicalId":12329,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9849163/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9266036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Analysis of vaporized caffeine in smoke from e-cigarettes using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and clarification of minor components. 利用液相色谱-串联质谱法分析电子烟烟雾中蒸发的咖啡因并澄清次要成分。
IF 2.2 4区 医学
Forensic Toxicology Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-08-10 DOI: 10.1007/s11419-022-00636-8
Makoto Takada, Suzuna Saruwatari, Yutaro Yanagita, Junpei Mutoh, Hajime Harada, Naoya Kishikawa, Takashi Kitahara, Naotaka Kuroda, Mitsuhiro Wada
{"title":"Analysis of vaporized caffeine in smoke from e-cigarettes using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and clarification of minor components.","authors":"Makoto Takada, Suzuna Saruwatari, Yutaro Yanagita, Junpei Mutoh, Hajime Harada, Naoya Kishikawa, Takashi Kitahara, Naotaka Kuroda, Mitsuhiro Wada","doi":"10.1007/s11419-022-00636-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11419-022-00636-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are used widely, and e-cigarettes containing caffeine (Caf) have recently become commercially available. However, no risk evaluation of these Caf-containing products has been performed to date. Such an evaluation requires a sensitive analytical method for quantifying Caf in smoke from e-cigarettes. The aim of this study was to establish a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for quantifying vaporized Caf from commercially available e-cigarettes, and to determine minor components related to Caf in cigarette smoke extract (CSE).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A sampling system for Caf using a suction pump was designed and sampling conditions were optimized.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The optimized LC-MS/MS conditions allowed the sensitive determination of Caf in smoke with a limit of detection of 0.03 ng/mL at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3. The method was applied to CSEs from five e-cigarette products and the concentration of Caf ranged from 0.894 ± 0.090 to 3.32 ± 0.14 μg/mL smoke (n = 3). Additionally, minor components related to Caf, such as theobromine, theophylline, and paraxanthine, were detected in CSE and in e-liquid at very low concentrations, indicating that they were impurities in e-liquid and vaporized along with Caf.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This is the first report to determine the concentration of vaporized Caf using an LC-MS/MS method and to clarify several minor components in smoke from e-cigarettes.</p>","PeriodicalId":12329,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9281779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Correction to: Difficulties interpreting concentrations in fatal cases: example of 2,5-dimethoxy-4-chloroamphetamine. 修正:解释致命病例浓度的困难:2,5-二甲氧基-4-氯安非他明的例子。
IF 2.2 4区 医学
Forensic Toxicology Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/s11419-022-00648-4
Benedicte Lelievre, Vincent Dupont, Celine Buchaillet, Nathalie Jousset, Marie Deguigne, Vincent Cirimele
{"title":"Correction to: Difficulties interpreting concentrations in fatal cases: example of 2,5-dimethoxy-4-chloroamphetamine.","authors":"Benedicte Lelievre,&nbsp;Vincent Dupont,&nbsp;Celine Buchaillet,&nbsp;Nathalie Jousset,&nbsp;Marie Deguigne,&nbsp;Vincent Cirimele","doi":"10.1007/s11419-022-00648-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11419-022-00648-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12329,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9164337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Analysis of degradation products of nerve agents in biological fluids by ion chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. 离子色谱-串联质谱法分析生物体液中神经毒剂降解产物。
IF 2.2 4区 医学
Forensic Toxicology Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/s11419-022-00633-x
Mai Otsuka, Hajime Miyaguchi
{"title":"Analysis of degradation products of nerve agents in biological fluids by ion chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.","authors":"Mai Otsuka,&nbsp;Hajime Miyaguchi","doi":"10.1007/s11419-022-00633-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11419-022-00633-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The detection of hydrolysis products of nerve agents (alkyl methylphosphonic acids; RMPAs) in biological samples from victims is important to confirm exposure to nerve agents. However, analysis of RMPAs is difficult due to their high hydrophilicity. The aim of this study was to develop ion chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (IC-MS/MS) methods using commercially available equipment and columns to analyze RMPAs in human urine and serum with high sensitivity and without using complicate techniques.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A Dionex IonPac AS11-HC anion-exchange column was used to analyze six RMPAs (MPA, EMPA, IMPA, <sup>i</sup>BuMPA, CHMPA, and PMPA). For pretreatments of biological fluids, we developed two pretreatment methods (Method 1: dilution and ultrafiltration; Method 2: removal of chloride ions with Ag cartridges).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Six RMPAs including highly hydrophilic methylphosphonic acid and ethyl methylphosphonic acid could be analyzed with sufficient retention times and peak shape. The detection limits of RMPAs were improved using Dionex OnGuard II Ba/Ag/H cartridges and MetaSEP IC-Ag cartridges (urine: 0.5-5 ng/mL; serum: 1-5 ng/mL). These methods were also applied to the test samples for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Biomedical Proficiency Tests.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>RMPAs could be sufficiently analyzed by IC-MS/MS. In addition, the limits of detection were superior to those obtained in our previous study involving LC-MS/MS or derivatization-LC-MS/MS method. For analysis of biological samples, an appropriate pretreatment method can be chosen according to the amount of sample available for analysis and expected RMPA concentrations.</p>","PeriodicalId":12329,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9281780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2
Newly emerging synthetic cannabinoid ADB-4en-PINACA: its identification and quantification in an authentic human hair sample by GC-MS/MS. 新出现的合成大麻素ADB-4en-PINACA:用GC-MS/MS在真实人发样品中鉴定和定量。
IF 2.2 4区 医学
Forensic Toxicology Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/s11419-022-00643-9
Yue Wang, Lifeng Han, Liye Yi, Jinlei Liu, Shi Qiu, Jie Gu, Huiru Bai, Jun Li, Amin Wurita, Koutaro Hasegawa
{"title":"Newly emerging synthetic cannabinoid ADB-4en-PINACA: its identification and quantification in an authentic human hair sample by GC-MS/MS.","authors":"Yue Wang,&nbsp;Lifeng Han,&nbsp;Liye Yi,&nbsp;Jinlei Liu,&nbsp;Shi Qiu,&nbsp;Jie Gu,&nbsp;Huiru Bai,&nbsp;Jun Li,&nbsp;Amin Wurita,&nbsp;Koutaro Hasegawa","doi":"10.1007/s11419-022-00643-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11419-022-00643-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12329,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9281786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
The mystery behind the apprehensions of the selective cannabinoid receptor type-2 agonist BZO-HEXOXIZID (MDA-19) as a drug of abuse. 选择性大麻素受体2型激动剂BZO-HEXOXIZID (MDA-19)作为滥用药物的担忧背后的奥秘。
IF 2.2 4区 医学
Forensic Toxicology Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/s11419-022-00646-6
Karen Rafaela Gonçalves de Araujo, André Luis Fabris, Luiz F Neves Júnior, Júlio de Carvalho Ponce, Alexandre Learth Soares, José Luiz Costa, Mauricio Yonamine
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