Metabolites of lorazepam: Relevance of past findings to present day use of LC-MS/MS in analytical toxicology.

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：:In vitro and in vivo experiments are widely used for studying the metabolism of new psychoactive substances (NPS). The availability of such data is required for toxicological risk assessments and development of urine screening approaches. This study investigated the in vitro metabolism of the 5 pyrrolidinophenone-deri...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Manier SK,Richter LHJ,Schäper J,Maurer HH,Meyer MR

更新日期：2018-01-04 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：:The Ministry of Health in the Netherlands has made illicit drug testing for drug users possible since the 1990s, in order to prevent serious health hazards associated with unexpected dangerous substances. This system of illicit drug testing is called the Drug Information and Monitoring System (DIMS). In nearly two dec...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Brunt TM,Niesink RJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the context of post-marketing surveillance supporting public-health authorities to take evidence-based decisions to fight the spread of poor-quality medicines, the quality of antimalarial artemether-lumefantrine (AL) medicines was assessed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). A total of 150 samples of AL-...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Mufusama JP,Ndjoko Ioset K,Feineis D,Hoellein L,Holzgrabe U,Bringmann G

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of performance enhancing drugs is a widespread phenomenon in professional and leisure sports. A spectroscopic study was carried out on anabolic tablets labelled as 5 mg methandienone tablets provided by police departments. The analytical approach was based on a two-step methodology: a fast analysis of tablets ...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Rebiere H,Ghyselinck C,Lempereur L,Brenier C

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Harm reduction services, including needle-exchange programmes, have been implemented in Switzerland for over 20 years. Their main aim is to lessen the negative social and/or physical consequences associated with illicit drug consumption and, therefore, improve prevention messages. To this end, knowledge of illicit dru...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Lefrançois E,Augsburger M,Esseiva P

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：:Cobalt is a well-established inducer of hypoxia-like responses, which can cause gene modulation at the hypoxia inducible factor pathway to induce erythropoietin transcription. Cobalt salts are orally active, inexpensive, and easily accessible. It is an attractive blood doping agent for enhancing aerobic performance. I...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Ho EN,Chan GH,Wan TS,Curl P,Riggs CM,Hurley MJ,Sykes D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three legal highs; nitracaine (3-(diethylamino)-2,2-dimethylpropyl 4-nitrobenzoate), methoxypiperamide (MEOP, (4-methoxyphenyl)(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)methanone) and mephtetramine (MTTA, 2-((methylamino)methyl)-3,4-dihydronaphthalen-1(2H)-one) appeared in 2013 as new psychoactive substances (NPS) on Internet websites ...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Power JD,Scott KR,Gardner EA,Curran McAteer BM,O'Brien JE,Brehon M,Talbot B,Kavanagh PV

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) are a group of anabolic enhancer drugs posing threats to the integrity of animal sports and the safety of animal-derived foods. The current research describes for the first time the development of a semi-quantitative assay for the monitoring of SARM family compounds in bl...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Ventura E,Gadaj A,Buckley T,Mooney MH

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenylamine is a vasodilator of phenylalkylamine structure and was used for the treatment of angina pectoris, until reports of undesirable effects including ventricular tachycardia led to a decreasing use of the drug in the 1980s. Metabolic N-dealkylation of orally ingested prenylamine can liberate amphetamine in huma...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Beuck S,Sigmund G,Koch A,Schänzer W,Pokrywka A,Kwiatkowska D,Thevis M

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:The objective of the present work was (1) to develop an in situ gelling ophthalmic delivery system by combining pluronic F127 and pluronic F68, with sparfloxacin; and (2) to examine the influence of incorporating a mucoadhesive polysaccharide such as sodium hyaluronate on the healing property due to bacterial keratiti...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Nesseem DI

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two primary animal models persist for assessing hallucinogenic potential of novel compounds and for examining the pharmacological and neurobiological substrates underlying the actions of classical hallucinogens, the two-lever drug discrimination procedure and the drug-induced head-twitch response (HTR) in rodents. The...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Canal CE,Morgan D

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:Synthetic cannabinoids are a group of psychoactive drugs presently widespread among drug users in Europe. Analytical methods to measure these compounds in urine are in demand as urine is a preferred matrix for drug testing. For most synthetic cannabinoids, the parent compounds are rarely detected in urine. Therefore u...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Vikingsson S,Gréen H,Brinkhagen L,Mukhtar S,Josefsson M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triamcinolone (T) is a glucocorticoid commonly used to relieve inflammation and treat arthritis, severe allergies, and asthma; however, it is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency in competition for athletes when administered orally, intravenously, intramuscularly, or rectally. The minimum required performance limit ...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Chen TT,Tseng YC,Huang TY,Chang-Chien GP,Hsu MC

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2005 and 2008, studies reported that cannabis in England had become dominated by the sinsemilla (unseeded female) form. The average potency (Δ9 -tetrahydrocannabinol [THC] content) of this material had doubled over the previous decade. Cannabis resin then circulating contained approximately equal ratios of THC and ...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Potter DJ,Hammond K,Tuffnell S,Walker C,Di Forti M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In doping control analysis, the characterization of urinary steroid metabolites is of high interest for a targeted and long-term detection of prohibited anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS). In this work, the structure of a long-term metabolite of dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT) was elucidated. Altogether, 8 pos...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Forsdahl G,Geisendorfer T,Göschl L,Pfeffer S,Gärtner P,Thevis M,Gmeiner G

更新日期：2018-03-23 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

abstract：:The purpose of this research is to validate the biomarker-based approach for the detection of doping with recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) in sport. The GH-2000 project proposed an indirect method for the detection of exogenously administered growth hormone (GH) based on the measurement of the GH-dependent mark...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Jing J,Zhou X,He C,Zhang L,Yang S,Xu Y,Xie M,Yan Y,Su H,Wu M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the field of natural extracts, research generally focuses on the study of their biological activities for food, cosmetic, or pharmacological purposes. The evaluation of their adverse effects is often overlooked. In this study, the extracts of Thymus vulgaris L. were obtained by two different extraction methods. Int...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Benourad F,Kahvecioglu Z,Youcef-Benkada M,Colet JM

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：: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：: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：:Anabolic steroids are banned substances in equine sports. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) has been the traditional technique for doping control analysis of anabolic steroids in biological samples. Although liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS) has become an important technique in doping control,...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Wong ASY,Leung GNW,Leung DKK,Wan TSM

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing numbers of new psychoactive substances (NPS) among them fentanyl derivatives has been reported by the European monitoring centre for drugs and drug addiction (EMCDDA). Butyrfentanyl is a new fentanyl derivative whose potency ratio was found to be seven compared to morphine and 0.13 compared to fentanyl. Sev...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： Steuer AE,Williner E,Staeheli SN,Kraemer T

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tiletamine-zolazepam (TZ) combination is an anaesthetic drug commonly used in veterinary medicine. It is an equal amount combination of tiletamine, a dissociative anaesthetic pharmacologically classified as an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, and zolazepam, a benzodiazepine tranquilizer. There are ...

journal_title：Drug testing and analysis

authors： de la Peña JB,Cheong JH

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00