A high-sensitivity ultra-high performance liquid chromatography/high- resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-HR-TOFMS) method for screening synthetic cannabinoids and other drugs of abuse in urine

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 405, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 8463-8474

  Sundström, Mira ^a   Pelander, Anna ^a   Angerer, Verena ^b,c   Hutter, Melanie ^b,c   Kneisel, Stefan ^b,c   Ojanperä, Ilkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Designer drug; Drugs of abuse; High resolution mass spectrometry; Toxicological screening; Urine

Indexed keywords

COLLISION-INDUCED DISSOCIATION; DESIGNER DRUGS; DRUGS OF ABUSE; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIES; URINE;

BODY FLUIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DESIGN; ETHYLENE; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROPYLENE; SEARCH ENGINES;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

CANNABINOID; STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

CANNABINOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 84885429472     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-7272-8     Document Type: Article

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