Solid-Phase Extraction and Quantitative Measurement of Omega and Omega-1 Metabolites of JWH-018 and JWH-073 in Human Urine

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• 作者：Krishna C. Chimalakonda ; Cindy L. Moran ; Paul D. Kennedy ; Gregory W. Endres ; Adam Uzieblo ; Paul J. Dobrowolski ; E. Kim Fifer ; Jeff Lapoint ; Lewis S. Nelson ; Robert S. Hoffman ; Laura P. James ; Anna Radominska-Pandya ; Jeffery H. Moran
• 刊名：Analytical Chemistry
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：August 15, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：83
• 期：16
• 页码：6381-6388
• 全文大小：870K
• 年卷期：v.83,no.16(August 15, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-6882

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The aminoalkylindole agonists JWH-018 and JWH-073 are contained in 鈥淜2/SPICE鈥?products sold as 鈥渓egal marijuana鈥? Previous human metabolic studies have identified (蠅)-hydroxyl and (蠅)-carboxyl metabolites as biomarkers that are indicative of product use. However, other primary metabolites exhibiting similar chromatographic properties and mass spectra are also excreted in human urine. Analytical standards were used in this study to identify new primary metabolites as (蠅-1)-hydroxyl derivatives of JWH-018 and JWH-073. The liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) procedure, coupled with an automated solid-phase extraction procedure incorporating deuterium-labeled internal standards, provides rapid resolution of the (蠅)- and (蠅-1) metabolites with adequate sensitivity, precision, and accuracy for trace analysis in human urine. Results from four urine specimens collected after individuals reportedly self-administered either JWH-018 or a mixture of JWH-018 and JWH-073 showed the following: (1) all tested metabolites were excreted in high concentrations, (2) (蠅)- and (蠅-1)-hydroxyl metabolites were exclusively excreted as glucuronic acid conjugates, and (3) 5%鈥?0% of the (蠅)-carboxyl metabolites was excreted as glucuronic acid conjugates. This is the first report to identify and quantify (蠅-1)-hydroxyl metabolites of JWH-018 and JWH-073 and the first to incorporate automated extraction procedures using deuterium-labeled internal standards. Full clinical validation awaits further testing.