Analysis of synthetic cannabinoids in "spice-like" herbal highs: Snapshot of the German market in summer 2011

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-171

  Simolka, Karoline ^a   Lindigkeit, Rainer ^a   Schiebel, Hans Martin ^a   Papke, Uli ^a   Ernst, Ludger ^a   Beuerle, Till ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mass spectrometry; NMR; Spice; Synthetic cannabinoids

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; DATA SETS; ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS; GENERAL METHOD; GERMAN MARKETS; HERBAL MIXTURES; INTERNAL STANDARDS; ISOLATED COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPICALLY LABELED; SPECTROSCOPIC DATA; TOTAL CONTENT;

BIOSENSORS; DEUTERIUM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPICE; TISSUE;

DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS;

CANNABINOID; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; GERMANY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS;

CANNABINOIDS; GERMANY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT PREPARATIONS; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 84865606772     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-6122-4     Document Type: Article

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