Determination of the relative percentage distribution of THCA and δ9-THC in herbal cannabis seized in Austria - Impact of different storage temperatures on stability

Forensic Science International

Volumn 254, Issue , 2015, Pages 167-171

  Taschwer, Magdalena ^a   Schmid, Martin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Content determination; High performance liquid chromatography; Stability test under temperature influence; THCA; 9 Tetrahydrocannabinol ( 9 THC)

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; BUFFER; CANNABIS; DRONABINOL; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TRIETHYLAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE BUFFER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DELTA(9)-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FREEZE DRYING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOACTIVE PLANT; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG STORAGE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRIA; CANNABIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DRONABINOL; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84938537472     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.07.019     Document Type: Article

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