Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of JWH-018 metabolites in urine samples with direct comparison to analytical standards

Forensic Science International

Volumn 229, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Emerson, Beth ^a   Durham, Bill ^a   Gidden, Jennifer ^b   Lay, Jackson O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Arkansas Statewide Mass Spectrometry Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

'K2'; GC MS; JWH 018; Metabolites; Synthetic cannabinoid

Indexed keywords

3 (1 NAPHTHOYL) 1 PENTYLINDOLE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROXYLATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84886925985     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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