Identification of the novel synthetic cannabimimetic 8-quinolinyl 4-methyl-3-(1-piperidinylsulfonyl)benzoate (QMPSB) and other designer drugs in herbal incense

Forensic Science International

Volumn 260, Issue , 2016, Pages 40-53

  Blakey, Karen ^a   Boyd, Sue ^b   Atkinson, Sarah ^a   Wolf, Jenna ^a,b   Slottje, Pim M ^c   Goodchild, Katrina ^a   McGowan, Jenny ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SAXION UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

8 Quinolinyl 4 methyl 3 (1 piperidinylsulfonyl)benzoate (QMPSB); Arylsulfonamides; Herbal Incense; Methyl AM 1220; Synthetic cannabinoid

Indexed keywords

1 (CYCLOHEXYLMETHYL) 3 (4 METHOXY 1 NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE; 1 [(N METHYLPIPERIDIN 2 YL)METHYL] 3 (4 METHYL 1 NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE; 4 METHYL 3 (1 PIPERIDINYLSULFONYL)BENZOIC ACID; 8 QUINOLINYL 4 METHYL 3 (1 PIPERIDINYLSULFONYL)BENZOIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; DESIGNER DRUG; ESTER DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; METHYL 4 METHYL 3 (1 PIPERIDINYLSULFONYL)BENZOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 8-QUINOLINYL 4-METHYL-3-(1-PIPERIDINYLSULFONYL)BENZOATE; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID; SMOKE; SULFONAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSESTERIFICATION; VAPOR; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SMOKE;

BENZOATES; CANNABINOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DESIGNER DRUGS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SMOKE; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 84954357486     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.12.001     Document Type: Article

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