A fatal case of MAM-2201 poisoning

Forensic Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 333-337

  Saito, Takeshi ^a   Namera, Akira ^b   Miura, Naoya ^a   Ohta, Shigenori ^c   Miyazaki, Shota ^c   Osawa, Motoki ^a   Inokuchi, Sadaki ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GL SCIENCES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatal poisoning case; GC MS; LC MS MS; MAM 2201; Synthetic cannabinoid; Tissue distribution

Indexed keywords

[1 (5 FLUOROPENTYL) 1H INDOL 3 YL] (4 METHYL 1 NAPHTHALENAPHTHALENYL)METHANONE; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG KIDNEY LEVEL; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FATALITY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 84879795733     PISSN: 18608965     EISSN: 18608973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11419-013-0190-9     Document Type: Article

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