Quantitative analysis of 3,4-dimethylmethcathinone in blood and urine by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry in a fatal case

Legal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 222-226

  Usui, Kiyotaka ^a   Aramaki, Tomomi ^a   Hashiyada, Masaki ^a   Hayashizaki, Yoshie ^a   Funayama, Masato ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3,4 Dimethylmethcathinone; Designer drugs; Drugs of abuse; LC MS MS; QuEChERS; Synthetic cathinones

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIMETHYLMETHCATHINONE; 4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; BETA KETONE; DESIGNER DRUG; KETONE DERIVATIVE; METHCATHINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3,4-DIMETHYLMETHCATHINONE; ALKALOID; CATHINONE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; PROPIOPHENONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLITE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARD; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG OVERDOSE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINE;

ADULT; ALKALOIDS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DESIGNER DRUGS; DRUG OVERDOSE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; PROPIOPHENONES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84902119148     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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