Hair analysis for Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid A-New insights into the mechanism of drug incorporation of cannabinoids into hair

Forensic Science International

Volumn 196, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 10-13

  Auwärter, Volker ^a   Wohlfarth, Ariane ^a   Traber, Jessica ^a   Thieme, Detlef ^b   Weinmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Institute of Doping Analysis and Sports Biochemistry   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contamination; Hair analysis, GC MS; Tetrahydrocannabinol; Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid A

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECARBOXYLATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HAIR; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SMOKE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; SMOKE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 76549085086     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.12.023     Document Type: Article

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