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Degradation of Cocaine and Benzoylecgonine in Sewage Sludge Batch Tests
Fountain Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences (FUJNAS), 2017 The degradation studies of cocaine and its principal metabolites, benzoylecgonine, as emerging pollutants were carried out using various sludge types collected from the RAF Molesworth Sewage Treatment Work (STW) to determine their distribution and ...
A. O. Mustapha, C. Michael, W. B. Jason
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Exploring e-psychonauts perspectives towards cocaine effects and toxicity
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2022 Background According to the World Drug Report, cocaine is the second most used drug globally after cannabis. Online discussion forums enable the understanding of authentic drug users’ experience as it is anonymous.
Sulaf Assi +2 more
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Fast determination of 40 drugs in water using large volume direct injection liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry [PDF]
, 2015 This work describes a rapid analytical method based on direct sample injection of water samples for the simultaneous identification/quantification of 40 emerging compounds, including pharmaceuticals and drugs of abuse.
Aranda Mares, José Luis +6 more
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Molecules, 2015 The illegal use of opiates and cocaine is a challenge world-wide, but some derivatives are also valuable pharmaceuticals. Reference samples of the active ingredients and their metabolites are needed both for controlling administration in the clinic and ...
Morten Karlsen +3 more
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Treading the fine white line: cocaine trafficking [PDF]
, 2016 The illicit drug’s trade is a highly profitable business that grasps the interest of millions of people and equally affects millions of others. Cocaine is a highly addictive drug that plagues many countries.
McNicholl, S, O'Hagan, A
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Occurrence and behavior of illicit drugs and metabolites in sewagewater from the Spanish Mediterranean coast (Valencia region) [PDF]
, 2014 In this work, a study on the occurrence and behavior of illicit drugs and metabolites in sewage water systems has been made. A comprehensive dataset was obtained by analyzing illicit drugs daily in influent and effluent waters from three sewage treatment
Bijlsma, Lubertus +4 more
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Forensic Drug Profile: Cocaethylene [PDF]
Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 2019 AbstractThis article is intended as a brief review or primer about cocaethylene (CE), a pharmacologically active substance formed in the body when a person co-ingests ethanol and cocaine. Reference books widely used in forensic toxicology contain scant information about CE, even though this cocaine metabolite is commonly encountered in routine casework.
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Cocaine and Cocaethylene Binding to Human Liver [PDF]
Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 1998 The binding of cocaine (COC) and cocaethylene (CE) to whole human liver homogenates in vitro was studied by equilibrium dialysis. Drugs were measured by high-pressure liquid chromatography. Up to 32% of COC and up to 43% of CE were bound. Scatchard analysis suggested a high-affinity, low-capacity binder for both COC (Ka, 4.69 x 10(4) L/mol; Bo, 1.08 x ...
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Optimization of sample preparation and instrumental parameters for the rapid analysis of drugs of abuse in hair samples by MALDI-MS/MS imaging [PDF]
, 2016 Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI) has been employed to rapidly screen longitudinally sectioned drug user hair samples for cocaine and its metabolites using continuous raster imaging.
A Miki +25 more
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A matter of life and death : substance-caused and substance-related fatalities in Ibiza in 2015 [PDF]
, 2017 This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Rita Santacroce, et al, 'A matter of life and death: substance-caused and substance-related fatalities in Ibiza in 2015', Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical & Experimental, Vol.
Angelini, Federica +11 more
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