Recent advances in analytical methods for the therapeutic drug monitoring of immunosuppressive drugs.

abstract：:The accuracy in predicting different chemometric methods was compared when applied on ordinary UV spectra and first order derivative spectra. Principal component regression (PCR) and partial least squares with one dependent variable (PLS1) and two dependent variables (PLS2) were applied on spectral data of pharmaceuti...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Riahi S,Hadiloo F,Milani SM,Davarkhah N,Ganjali MR,Norouzi P,Seyfi P

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, substances such as Mildronate (Meldonium) are not on the radar of anti-doping laboratories as the compound is not explicitly classified as prohibited. However, the anti-ischemic drug Mildronate demonstrates an increase in endurance performance of athletes, improved rehabilitation after exercise, protection ag...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Görgens C,Guddat S,Dib J,Geyer H,Schänzer W,Thevis M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfate metabolites have been described as long-term metabolites for some anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS). 4-chlorometandienone (4Cl-MTD) is one of the most frequently detected AAS in sports drug testing and it is commonly detected by monitoring metabolites excreted free or conjugated with glucuronic acid. Sulfatio...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Balcells G,Gómez C,Garrostas L,Pozo ÓJ,Ventura R

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anabolic-androgenic steroid methylstenbolone (MSTEN; 2α,17α-dimethyl-17β-hydroxy-5α-androst-1-en-3-one) is available as a so-called designer steroid or nutritional supplement. It is occasionally detected in doping control samples, predominantly tested and confirmed as the glucuronic acid conjugate of methylstenbol...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Piper T,Fusshöller G,Schänzer W,Lagojda A,Kuehne D,Thevis M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is the main mechanism of action of organophosphorus compounds (OP), and AChE reactivators (oximes) are at present the only causal therapeutic approach. Being the key target of OP toxicity, AChE may serve as a valuable tool for diagnosis of OP exposure as well as for the invest...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Worek F,Eyer P,Thiermann H

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The legally defensible proof of the abuse of endogenous steroids in sports is currently based on carbon isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS), i.e. a comparison between (13)C/(12)C ratios of diagnostic precursors and metabolites of testosterone. The application of this technique requires a chromatographic baseline se...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Thieme D,Rautenberg C,Grosse J,Schoenfelder M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, sensitive, and selective spectrophotometric method has been developed for the determination of gabapentin (GBP) in capsules. The method is based on the reaction of GBP and sodium 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonate (NQS) in the presence of Clark and Lubs buffer of pH 11 to form an orange-coloured product which wa...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Abdulrahman SA,Basavaiah K

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Designer drugs belong to a group of legally or illegally produced substances that are structurally and pharmacologically very similar to illicit drugs. In the past, designer drugs were often used during all-night dance parties, but they are now consumed in multiple settings from college bars to parks to private house ...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Karila L,Reynaud M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of the abuse of synthetic steroids in food production is nowadays relatively straightforward using modern techniques such as gas or liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS or LC-MS/MS, respectively). However, proving the abuse of 'endogenous' (or naturally occurring) steroids is more dif...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Scarth JP,Kay J,Teale P,Akre C,Le Bizec B,De Brabander HF,Vanhaecke L,Van Ginkel L,Points J

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinalysis is well established for drug screening. Various methods of urine adulteration such as dilution, addition of oxidative/reductive chemicals or detergents, and handing over urine-like fluids are used to circumvent a positive screen. Validity parameters such as determination of pH, gravidity, urine temperature,...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Kluge J,Rentzsch L,Remane D,Peters FT,Wissenbach DK

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cobalt is an essential mineral micronutrient and is regularly present in equine nutritional and feed supplements. Therefore, cobalt is naturally present at low concentrations in biological samples. The administration of cobalt chloride is considered to be blood doping and is thus prohibited. To control the misuse of c...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Popot MA,Ho ENM,Stojiljkovic N,Bagilet F,Remy P,Maciejewski P,Loup B,Chan GHM,Hargrave S,Arthur RM,Russo C,White J,Hincks P,Pearce C,Ganio G,Zahra P,Batty D,Jarrett M,Brooks L,Prescott LA,Bailly-Chouriberry L,Bo

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doping with natural steroids can be detected by evaluating the urinary concentrations and ratios of several endogenous steroids. Since these biomarkers of steroid doping are known to present large inter-individual variations, monitoring of individual steroid profiles over time allows switching from population-based to...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Van Renterghem P,Van Eenoo P,Sottas PE,Saugy M,Delbeke F

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-(1-adamantyl)-1-pentyl-1H-indazole-3-carboxamide (APINACA) and N-(1-adamantyl)-1-pentyl-1H-indole-3-carboxamide (APICA) are carboxamide-type synthetic cannabinoids comprising indazole/indole-3-carboxylic acid and adamantan-1-amine moieties. However, in the case of compounds like APINACA or APICA, adamantyl positiona...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Asada A,Doi T,Tagami T,Takeda A,Sawabe Y

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug and alcohol abuse is a concern for many European companies, especially those having safety-critical jobs. It is not uncommon for European companies to establish a drug policy with little or no provision for drug testing. The European Union (EU) has launched a number of initiatives in its fight against drugs. Ther...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Agius R,Kintz P,European Workplace Drug Testing Society.

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently published two protocols for the detection of Sotatercept (ACE-011, ACVR2A-Fc) and Luspatercept (ACE-536, ACVR2B-Fc) in human serum. Both methods used covalently immobilized antibodies on agarose beads for immunoprecipitation and SAR-PAGE/Western blotting for detection. Disadvantages were the relatively hig...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Reichel C,Gmeiner G,Walpurgis K,Thevis M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenon is a modern inhalative anaesthetic with a very low solubility in tissues providing rapid elimination and weaning from anaesthesia. Besides its anaesthetic properties, Xenon promotes the endogenous erythropoietin biosynthesis and thus has been enlisted as prohibited substance by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Schaefer MS,Piper T,Geyer H,Schneemann J,Neukirchen M,Thevis M,Kienbaum P

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meconium drug testing is a non-invasive method to detect prenatal drug exposure, which can cause severe problems for the infant, indicating the need for follow-up measures to ensure the welfare of the child. Meconium samples for drug testing were collected from 143 infants as part of routine clinical work among addict...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Launiainen T,Nupponen I,Halmesmäki E,Ojanperä I

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The laboratory anti-doping services during XXII Winter Olympic and XI Paralympic games in Sochi in 2014 were provided by a satellite laboratory facility located within the strictly secured Olympic Park. This laboratory, established and operated by the personnel of Antidoping Center, Moscow, has been authorized by the ...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Sobolevsky T,Krotov G,Dikunets M,Nikitina M,Mochalova E,Rodchenkov G

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The second programme of its kind globally, the highly successful, collaborative, productive and energizing IFDAT-International Forum for Drug and Alcohol Testing, was held in Barcelona, Spain, from 12-14 April. IFDAT was attended by over 100 delegates, conference sponsors and exhibitors from the international workplac...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Kenney J D JE,Björklöv P

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formestane (4-hydroxy-androstenedione) is an aromatase inhibitor prohibited in sports and included, since 2004, in the list of prohibited substances updated yearly by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Since the endogenous production of formestane has been described, it is mandatory for the anti-doping laboratories ...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： de la Torre X,Colamonici C,Curcio D,Jardines D,Molaioni F,Parr MK,Botrè F

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of regioisomeric bromodimethoxyamphetamines have mass spectra essentially equivalent to the controlled drug substance 4-Br-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine (4-Br-2,5-DMA; DOB); all have molecular weight of 274 and major fragment ions in their electron ionization mass spectra at m/z 44 and m/z 230/232. The trifluoroac...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Maher HM,Awad T,DeRuiter J,Randall Clark C

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indole-, indazole-, or azaindole-based synthetic cannabinoids (SCs), bearing a cumyl substituent are a widespread, recreationally used subgroup of new psychoactive substances (NPS). The latest cumyl-derivative, CUMYL-PEGACLONE, emerged in December 2016 on the German drug market. The substance features a novel γ-carbol...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Mogler L,Wilde M,Huppertz LM,Weinfurtner G,Franz F,Auwärter V

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though hair analysis often seems to be the best choice for retrospective monitoring of cocaine intake, differentiating between incorporated cocaine and external contamination is widely debated. In this study we report results obtained in 90 hair samples from addicts. All samples were analyzed for cocaine, benzoyl...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Gambelunghe C,Rossi R,Aroni K,Gili A,Bacci M,Pascali V,Fucci N

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and forensic toxicology laboratories are continuously confronted by analytical challenges when dealing with the new psychoactive substances phenomenon. The number of synthetic cannabinoids, the chemical diversity, and the speed of emergence make this group of compounds particularly challenging in terms of det...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Liu C,Jia W,Hua Z,Qian Z

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several clinical-grade immunoassays exist for the specific measurement of hGH or its isoforms in blood but there is an urgent need to apply these same reliable assays to the measurement of hGH in urine as a preferred 'non-invasive' biofluid. Unfortunately, conventional hGH immunoassays cannot attain the sensitivity re...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Fredolini C,Tamburro D,Gambara G,Lepene BS,Espina V,Petricoin EF 3rd,Liotta LA,Luchini A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical warfare agents (CWA) are highly toxic compounds which have been produced to kill or hurt people during conflicts or terrorist attacks. Despite the fact that their use is strictly prohibited according to international convention, populations' exposure still recently occurred. Development of markers of exposure...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Spiandore M,Piram A,Lacoste A,Josse D,Doumenq P

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Morin on the pharmacokinetics of Piracetam in rats, in vitro enzyme kinetics and metabolic stability (high throughput) studies using human liver microsomes in UPLC. For pharmacokinetics studies, male Wistar rats were pretreated with Morin (10 mg/kg) for one week a...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Sahu K,Shaharyar M,Siddiqui AA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hair analysis is useful for documenting long-term exposure to drugs. The potential of hair analysis for therapeutic drug monitoring within the forensic field has been studied, but reference values for some antidepressants and antipsychotics in the hair of individuals undergoing chronic therapy are still lacking. In th...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Wang X,Zhuo Y,Tang X,Qiang H,Liu W,Wu H,Xiang P,Duan G,Shen M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphetamine (AMP) is used as an illicit drug and also for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Respective drugs most often contain the enantiomer (S)-AMP as active compound or (S)-AMP is formed from the prodrug lisdexamfetamine (Elvanse®) whereas the illicit drug is usually traded as racem...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Binz TM,Williner E,Strajhar P,Dolder PC,Liechti ME,Baumgartner MR,Kraemer T,Steuer AE

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urine samples were analyzed for lactose to investigate if elevated lactose concentrations indicate recent (< 48 hours) intravenous abuse of substances containing lactose as an excipient. Elevated lactose levels were found in samples given by patients who had recently injected substances intravenously, verified by fres...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Keltanen TN,Heikman PK,Muhonen LH,Gunnar TO,Ojanperä IA

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00