Environmental toxicology and pharmacology
April 1, 2025
Christina Ververi, Elisah Rasoanomenjanahary Nahavitatsara, Brigitte Annie Bezandry et al.
5-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-OH-DMT), known as bufotenine, is proven to have psychoactive effects in high concentrations. Duttyphrynus melanostictus, which produces bufotenine, has migrated to the city of Toamasina in Madagascar, thus, the determination bufotenine's levels in the species' samples is necessary. This study aimed to quantify bufotenine in eggs, tadpoles and toad's skin...
Journal of Analytical Toxicology
September 15, 2023
Cristina Calvetti, Alberto Salomone, Andrea Verzeletti et al.
7 citations
New psychoactive substances (NPS) are present on the Italian illicit markets, but data from the analysis of biological samples to evaluate their real consumption are rare. For this reason, an epidemiological study was carried out by means of a ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS-MS) method for the determination of 115 NPS on the keratin matrix. A total of...
Drug Testing and Analysis
May 1, 2023
Marta Massano, Enrico Gerace, Martina Borsari et al.
6 citations
Methoxpropamine (MXPr) is an arylcyclohexylamine dissociative drug structurally similar to 3-methoxyeticyclidine, ketamine, and deschloroketamine, recently appeared in the European illegal market, and was classified within the new psychoactive substances (NPS). Our study investigated the metabolism of MXPr to elucidate the distribution of the parent drug and its metabolites in body fluids and...
The International journal on drug policy
October 1, 2017
Joseph J Palamar, Alberto Salomone, Enrico Gerace et al.
Data on both known and unknown drug use in the electronic dance music (EDM) scene is important to inform prevention and harm reduction. While surveys are the most common method of querying drug use, additional biological data can help validate use and detect unknown/unintentional use of drugs such as new psychoactive substances (NPS). We sought to determine the extent of both known and unknown...
Journal of Forensic Sciences
July 1, 2017
Enrico Gerace, Elena Bovetto, Daniele Di Corcia et al.
Diphenidine is a dissociative drug that shows several psychotropic effects including euphoria, shifts in perception of reality, hallucinations, and transient anterograde amnesia. In this study, a case of acute intoxication occurring after diphenidine intake is reported. A 30-year-old Caucasian male was hospitalized after he was found in a confused and agitated state and unable to communicate....
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
March 1, 2016
Alberto Salomone, Giulia Gazzilli, Daniele Di Corcia et al.
The detection of new psychoactive substances (NPS) in hair proved to provide insight into their current diffusion among the population and the social characteristics of these synthetic drugs' users. Therefore, a UHPLC-MS/MS method was developed in order to determine 31 stimulant and psychedelic substituted phenethylamines, and dissociative drugs in hair samples. The method proved to be simple,...