Identification and quantification of synthetic cannabinoids in “spice-like” herbal mixtures: update of the German situation for the spring of 2015

Forensic Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 94-107

  Langer, Nico ^a   Lindigkeit, Rainer ^a   Schiebel, Hans Martin ^a   Papke, Uli ^a   Ernst, Ludger ^a   Beuerle, Till ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 Fluoro AB PINACA; AB CHMINACA; AB FUBINACA; German situation; MDMB CHMICA; Synthetic cannabinoids

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GERMANY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84953348035     PISSN: 18608965     EISSN: 18608973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11419-015-0292-7     Document Type: Article

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