Detection of Synthetic Cannabinoid CUMYL-PEGACLONE in E-Cigarette Oil and Hair

OBJECTIVES: To establish a combined high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method to detect the synthetic cannabinoid CUMYL-PEGACLONE in e-cigarette oil and hair.

METHODS: HPLC-MS/MS and GC-MS were used to establish the detection method of CUMYL-PEGACLONE, and the hair of drug-involved persons and the seized e-cigarette oil were detected.

RESULTS: The main mass spectrometry characteristic ions m/z of CUMYL-PEGACLONE measured by GC-MS were 91, 179, 197, 254 and 372. CUMYL-PEGACLONE had a good linear relationship in the mass concentration range of 2-50 ng/mL, and the linear correlation coefficient (r) was greater than 0.99. The limit of detection (LOD) of CUMYL-PEGACLONE in hair was 0.01 ng/mg, and the limit of quantitation (LOQ) was 0.02 ng/mg. The LOD of CUMYL-PEGACLONE in e-cigarette oil was 1 ng/mg, and the LOQ was 2 ng/mg. The average recoveries of CUMYL-PEGACLONE under the attempt at high, intermediate and low levels in blank human hair and e-cigarette oil matrix were 98.2%-132.4% and 93.5%-110.6%, and the intraday and intraday precision were 1.2%-12.9% and 0.7%-2.9%. CUMYL-PEGACLONE was detected in the hair of 15 drug-involved persons. Except for 1 person who was lower than LOQ, the concentration of CUMYL-PEGACLONE in the hair of other 14 persons was 0.035-0.563 ng/mg. The mass fraction of CUMYL-PEGACLONE in 2 e-cigarette oil were 0.17% and 0.21%, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: The established HPLC-MS/MS and GC-MS methods are applied to the detection of HPLC-MS/MS in drug-related cases, which provides strong evidence support for the handling authority to quickly investigate these cases, and also provides a reference for the identification of such substances in future.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

Enthalten in:

Fa yi xue za zhi - 38(2022), 5 vom: 25. Okt., Seite 595-600

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jiao, Tai-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ya-Qing [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Gang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Shen-Shu [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Liang-Hong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CUMYL-PEGACLONE
Cannabinoids
Forensic toxicology
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
High performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS)
Illicit Drugs
Journal Article
Synthetic cannabinoid

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 03.02.2023

Date Revised 03.02.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2022.320701

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM352374756