Monitoring of urinary metabolites of JWH-018 and JWH-073 in legal cases

Forensic Science International

Volumn 231, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 13-19

  Jang, Moonhee ^a   Yang, Wonkyung ^a   Choi, Hyeyoung ^a   Chang, Hyejin ^a   Lee, Sooyeun ^b   Kim, Eunmi ^a   Chung, Heesun ^a  

^a National Forensic Service   (South Korea)

^b Keimyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

JWH 018; JWH 073; LC MS MS; Metabolite; Synthetic cannabinoid

Indexed keywords

3 (1 NAPHTHOYL) 1 PENTYLINDOLE; CANNABINOID; JWH 073; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84878781597     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.03.053     Document Type: Article

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