Simultaneous analysis of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and 11-nor-9-carboxy-tetrahydrocannabinol in hair without different sample preparation and derivatization by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1096-1103

  Han, Eunyoung ^a,b   Park, Yonghoon ^a   Kim, Eunmi ^a   In, Sangwhan ^a   Yang, Wonkyung ^a   Lee, Sooyeun ^a   Choi, Hwakyung ^a   Lee, Sangki ^a   Chung, Heesun ^a   Song, Joon myong ^b  

^a National Institute of Scientific Investigation   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Hair analysis; Negative ion mode; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; DERIVATIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CALIBRATION; CANNABIS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; HAIR; HUMANS; IONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 79956156465     PISSN: 07317085     EISSN: 1873264X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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