A fast and inexpensive procedure for the isolation of synthetic cannabinoids from 'Spice' products using a flash chromatography system

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 405, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3929-3935

  Moosmann, Bjoern ^a,b   Kneisel, Stefan ^a,b   Wohlfarth, Ariane ^c   Brecht, Volker ^b   Auwärter, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flash chromatography; Reference compounds; Spice; Synthetic cannabinoids

Indexed keywords

MIXTURES; SPICE;

FLASH CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRADIENT ELUTION; REFERENCE COMPOUNDS; REFERENCE MATERIAL; SCREENING METHODS; SINGLE COMPOUND; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS; SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS;

COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY;

3 [2 HYDROXY 4 (1,1 DIMETHYLHEPTYL)PHENYL]CYCLOHEXANOL; CANNABINOID; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; DESIGNER DRUG; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

CANNABINOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DESIGNER DRUGS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 84879912833     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-6462-0     Document Type: Article

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