Detection of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid A in human urine and blood serum by LC-MS/MS

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 354-360

  Jung, Julia ^a   Kempf, Juergen ^a   Mahler, Hellmut ^b   Weinmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Central Police Department Northrhine Westfalia   (Germany)

Author keywords

9 tetrahydrocannabinol precursor; 9 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid A; Determination; Human body fluids; LC MS MS

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; BODY FLUIDS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REACTION KINETICS;

DELTA 9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL PRECURSOR; DELTA 9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID A; HUMAN BODY FLUIDS;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

ACETONITRILE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAR DRIVING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELUTION; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; URINALYSIS; BLOOD; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EVALUATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINE;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33947206630     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: 10969888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.1167     Document Type: Article

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