5 in 30 (Syncanns, STA, and opioid deaths)

The Toxpod

In this episode, we look at 5 recent publications in the field of toxicology.

1. Mogler, L. et al. Phase I metabolism of the recently emerged synthetic cannabinoid CUMYL-PEGACLONE and detection in human urine samples. (2018) Drug Test Anal. 10 (5):886-891
2. Grapp, M. et al. Systematic forensic toxicological analysis by liquid-chromatography-quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry in serum and comparison to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. (2018) For Sci Int. 287:63-73
3. Roxburgh, A. et al. Accurate Identification of opioid overdose deaths using coronial data. (2018) For Sci Int. 287:40-46
4. Elliott, S. Hernandez-Lopez, E. A series of deaths involving carfentanil in the UK and associated post-mortem blood concentrations. (2018) J Anal Toxicol. 42(4):e41-e45
5. Gundersen, P., et al. Quantification of 21 antihypertensive drugs in serum using UHPLC-MS/MS. (2018) J Chromatogr B. 1089: 84-93

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