Norcocaine and cocaethylene distribution patterns in hair samples from light, moderate, and heavy cocaine users.

abstract：:Current doping trends overshadow the traditional interpretation of using prohibited performance-enhancing drugs to improve training and/or sports results. Its definition has evolved due to several recent cases of unconventional manipulation in sports. In this article, we present a case study of an intentional intoxica...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Baltazar-Martins G,Del Mar Plata M,Muñoz-Guerra J,Argaya J,Del Coso J

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-(2-Aminopropyl)indole (5-IT) is a psychoactive compound that has recently been associated with several fatal and non-fatal intoxications in a number of European countries. There are indications that acute effects may include symptoms of monoaminergic (e.g. serotonin) toxicity and one mechanism involved in the increa...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Herraiz T,Brandt SD

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:Selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) have great therapeutic potential in various diseases including cancer cachexia, sarcopenia, and osteoporosis, and the number of drug candidates has been growing over the last decade. The SARM drug candidates S-22 and S-23 belong to one of the most advanced groups of andro...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Thevis M,Gerace E,Thomas A,Beuck S,Geyer H,Schlörer N,Kearbey JD,Dalton JT,Schänzer W

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:The absence of reference material is a commonly experienced difficulty among medical and forensic professionals tasked with identifying new psychoactive substances that are encountered for the first time. The identification of newly emerging substances lies at the heart of forensic and clinical analysis, and a proacti...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Brandt SD,Tearavarich R,Dempster N,Cozzi NV,Daley PF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Docetaxel (DTX) is an anti-cancer compound derived from 10-deacetyl baccatin III which is indicated for treatment of breast, lung, prostate, gastro-esophageal, and head and neck cancers. Epimerization of DTX at the C-7 hydroxyl position has intrigued chemists and has been implicated in loss of potency, as well as in t...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Mohsin S,Arellano IH,Choudhury NR,Garg S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolving nature of new psychoactive substances (NPS) - often referred to as 'legal highs', 'designer drugs' or 'bath salts' - presents an evolving challenge for toxicologists. Apart from the detection and identification of these compounds, further analytical challenges may arise from the presence of possible metab...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Soh YN,Elliott S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of a mass spectrometric method for the unambiguous detection of doping with recombinant human erythropoietins (rhEPO) has been attempted for many years. Unfortunately, progress in this field was hampered by the unavailability of highly purified human endogenous EPOs (urinary[uhEPO], serum/plasma EPO)--a pr...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Reichel C

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Italy, Workplace Drug Testing (WDT) has been compulsory by law for specific categories of workers since 2008, offering the opportunity to compare studies conducted within a single regulatory framework. The aims of this paper are to estimate the overall prevalence of WDT positivity (at screening survey) among Italia...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Rosso GL,Montomoli C,Morini L,Candura SM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zolpidem and zopiclone (Z-compounds) are non-benzodiazepine hypnotics of new generation that can be used in drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA). Their determination in biological fluids, mainly urine, is of primary importance; nevertheless, although they are excreted almost entirely as metabolites, available method...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Strano Rossi S,Anzillotti L,Castrignanò E,Frison G,Zancanaro F,Chiarotti M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a prototypical serotonergic psychedelic drug and the subject of many clinical investigations. In recent years, a range of lysergamides has emerged with the production of some being inspired by the existing scientific literature. Others, for example various 1-acyl substituted lyserga...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Brandt SD,Kavanagh PV,Westphal F,Stratford A,Odland AU,Klein AK,Dowling G,Dempster NM,Wallach J,Passie T,Halberstadt AL

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：:Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) represent one of the most frequently detected classes of prohibited substances in doping controls. Due to their long-lasting beneficial effects on athletic performance, utmost retrospectivity via urine analysis is desirable and accomplished by targeting long-term metabolites of the r...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Schänzer W,Guddat S,Thomas A,Opfermann G,Geyer H,Thevis M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of an intact ester of testosterone in plasma is leading towards unequivocal proof of the administration of exogenous testosterone. In the current study, a sensitive screening method for the detection of nine testosterone esters in human plasma was developed. By preparing oxime derivatives of intact testo...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Forsdahl G,Vatne HK,Geisendorfer T,Gmeiner G

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:The effectiveness of doping control in sport has been improved continuously during the past 50 years. One of the major steps forward was the introduction of unannounced and targeted out-of-competition testing in order to control the misuse of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), mainly during the end of the 1980s. It a...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Hemmersbach P

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：: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：: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：:This work presents an analytical procedure for the identification and characterization of liposome-entrapped haemoglobins, based on flow cytofluorimetry. Flow cytofluorimetric detection is carried out following labelling by two distinct fluorescent reagents, an anti-haemoglobin antibody, fluorescein isothiocyanate con...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Esposito S,Colicchia S,de la Torre X,Donati F,Mazzarino M,Botrè F

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three multivariate calibration methods, including classical least square with nonzero intercept (CLS), principal component regression (PCR) and partial least square (PLS), have been used for the determination of pyritinol dihydrochloride in the presence of its degradation product. The CLS, PCR and PLS techniques are u...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： El-Sayed MA,Abdul-Azim Mohammad M

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:Relaxin (RLX) has demonstrated diverse pharmacological effects in various scientific and clinical studies. The emergence of porcine relaxin (pRLX) has raised concerns on the doping potential of pRLX. There have also been speculations in the horseracing industry on its covert use. To control the abuse of pRLX in equine...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Wong ASY,Ho ENM,Kwok WH,Leung GNW,Shen Y,Qi RZ,Yue SK,Wan TSM

更新日期：2017-09-01 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 simple and sensitive method is described for voltammetric determination of promethazine hydrochloride (PMZ), a widely used phenothiazine drug, based on its electrochemical oxidation at a multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE). Compared with bare GCE, the MWCNT-modified GCE exhibite...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Xi X,Ming L,Liu J

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, there is a growing trend toward the intentional adulteration of dietary supplements (DS) with synthetic pharmaceuticals, which represents an alarming emerging risk to consumers and a serious problem for regulatory agencies. An amazing array of synthetic drugs and their analogues have been reported as adult...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Muschietti L,Redko F,Ulloa J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal ion coordination ionspray (M(+) CIS) ionization is a powerful technique to enhance ionization efficiency and sensitivity. In this study, we developed and validated an analytical method for simultaneous ionization and analysis of 84 anabolic androgenic steroids (65 exogenous and 19 endogenous) using liquid chroma...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Kim SH,Cha EJ,Lee KM,Kim HJ,Kwon OS,Lee J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactions involved in the metabolic pathways of SR9009 were characterized by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) to identify the most appropriate marker(s) of use. The effects of gender, genetic polymorphism, and drug-drug interaction on the metabolic profile of SR9009 were also evaluated. In vitro app...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Mazzarino M,Rizzato N,Stacchini C,de la Torre X,Botrè F

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydroartemisinin (DHA) and piperaquine (PPQ) are two drugs used in an artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT). The circulation of counterfeit antimalarial drugs demands the development of simple, point-of-care (POC) tests for monitoring drug quality. Here we aimed to design an antibody-based lateral flow dipstic...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Ning X,Tan G,Chen X,Wang M,Wang B,Cui L

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00