Beyond THC: the new generation of cannabinoid designer drugs

L Fattore, W Fratta - Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Synthetic cannabinoids are functionally similar to delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the
psychoactive principle of cannabis, and bind to the same cannabinoid receptors in the brain …

Spice drugs as a new trend: mode of action, identification and legislation

I Vardakou, C Pistos, C Spiliopoulou - Toxicology letters, 2010 - Elsevier
The present review highlights the existing monitoring and legislation status of synthetic
cannabinoids in “Spice” products and alert research community about the identification and …

Pharmacology of Valinate and tert-Leucinate Synthetic Cannabinoids 5F-AMBICA, 5F-AMB, 5F-ADB, AMB-FUBINACA, MDMB-FUBINACA, MDMB-CHMICA, and …

SD Banister, M Longworth, R Kevin… - ACS Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Indole and indazole synthetic cannabinoids (SCs) featuring l-valinate or l-tert-leucinate
pendant group have recently emerged as prevalent recreational drugs, and their use has …

Post-mortem toxicology: a systematic review of death cases involving synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists

A Giorgetti, FP Busardò, R Tittarelli, V Auwärter… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs) have become the largest
group of new psychoactive substances monitored by the European Union Early Warning …

Chemical analysis of synthetic cannabinoids as designer drugs in herbal products

N Uchiyama, R Kikura-Hanajiri, J Ogata… - Forensic science …, 2010 - Elsevier
Several synthetic cannabinoids were found in 44 of 46 different kinds of herbal products that
are currently distributed on the illegal drug market in Japan due to their expected narcotic …

An overview of recent developments in the analytical detection of new psychoactive substances (NPSs)

JP Smith, OB Sutcliffe, CE Banks - Analyst, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
New psychoactive substances (NPSs), sometimes referred to as “legal highs” in more
colloquial environments/the media, are a class of compounds that have been recently made …

Detection of JWH-018 metabolites in smoking mixture post-administration urine

T Sobolevsky, I Prasolov, G Rodchenkov - Forensic science international, 2010 - Elsevier
Smoking mixtures containing the cannabimimetic indoles may still be available over-the-
counter in several countries. Due to the high affinity of these compounds to the cannabinoid …

Recent advances on HPLC/MS in medicinal plant analysis

D Steinmann, M Ganzera - Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical …, 2011 - Elsevier
With gaining popularity of herbal remedies worldwide, the need of assuring safety and
efficacy of these products increases as well. By nature they are complex matrices …

Two new-type cannabimimetic quinolinyl carboxylates, QUPIC and QUCHIC, two new cannabimimetic carboxamide derivatives, ADB-FUBINACA and ADBICA, and …

N Uchiyama, S Matsuda, M Kawamura… - Forensic …, 2013 - Springer
We identified two new-type cannabimimetic quinolinyl carboxylates, quinolin-8-yl 1-pentyl-(1
H-indole)-3-carboxylate (QUPIC, 1) and quinolin-8-yl 1-(cyclohexylmethyl)-1 H-indole-3 …

Pharmacological evaluation of new constituents of “Spice”: synthetic cannabinoids based on indole, indazole, benzimidazole and carbazole scaffolds

CT Schoeder, C Hess, B Madea, J Meiler, CE Müller - Forensic toxicology, 2018 - Springer
Purpose In the present study we characterized a series of synthetic cannabinoids containing
various heterocyclic scaffolds that had been identified as constituents of “Spice”, a …