skip navigation
Home / Publications / NCJRS Abstract

PUBLICATIONS

Register for Latest Research

Stay Informed
Register with NCJRS to receive NCJRS's biweekly e-newsletter JUSTINFO and additional periodic emails from NCJRS and the NCJRS federal sponsors that highlight the latest research published or sponsored by the Office of Justice Programs.

NCJRS Abstract

The document referenced below is part of the NCJRS Virtual Library collection. To conduct further searches of the collection, visit the Virtual Library. See the Obtain Documents page for direction on how to access resources online, via mail, through interlibrary loans, or in a local library.
 

NCJ Number: 250512 Add to Shopping cart Find in a Library
Title: The Utility of Ultra High Performance Supercritical Fluid Chromatography for the Analysis of Seized Drugs: Application to Synthetic Cannabinoids and Bath Salts
Author(s): Ira S. Lurie
Corporate Author: George Washington University
United States of America
Date Published: August 2017
Page Count: 103
Sponsoring Agency: George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Washington, DC 20531
US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
Washington, DC 20531
Grant Number: 2014-R2-CX-K009
Sale Source: US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
810 Seventh Street, NW
Washington, DC 20531
United States of America
Document: PDF
Type: Program/Project Description; Report (Grant Sponsored); Report (Study/Research); Research (Applied/Empirical)
Format: Document; Document (Online)
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Annotation: This project examined the role of ultra-high- performance supercritical fluid chromatography (UHPSFC) as a separation technique for forensic drug analysis, with attention to the separation of emerging drugs such as synthetic cannabinoids and bath salts.
Abstract: The use of emerging drugs that are synthesized to circumvent the controlled substances laws has greatly increased over the last few years. New structurally similar compounds, such as synthetic cannabinoids and bath salts, are created by slightly modifying the chemical structure of a controlled substance. For the analysis of these solutes for legal purposes, the desired analytical method should distinguish between similar solutes (analogues, homologues, positional isomers, and diastereoisomers). Separation methods such as liquid chromatography (HPLC, UHPLC) and gas chromatography (GC) have played a major role in the analysis of synthetic cannabinoids and bath salts. The current project has demonstrated that UHPSFC has the potential to be superior to UHPLC and/or GC for the analysis of similar solutes, such as positional isomers of synthetic cannabinoids and bath salts, as well as diastereoisomers of synthetic cannabinoids. For the separation of a diverse group for each class of emerging groups, including mainly non-isomeric solutes, UHPSFC has been demonstrated to be orthogonal to GC and UHPLC. This project thus concludes that the use of UHPSFC would assist the criminal justice system in the adjudication of emerging drug cases. It would be particularly useful in determining which, if any, controlled substances are present in seized drugs, particularly emerging drugs. In addition to these outcomes and recommendations, this report describes the project’s design, methods, and data analysis. 29 figures, 16 tables, and 7 references
Main Term(s): Drug analysis
Index Term(s): Chromatography; Designer drugs; National Institute of Justice (NIJ); NIJ final report
To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=272677

*A link to the full-text document is provided whenever possible. For documents not available online, a link to the publisher's website is provided. Tell us how you use the NCJRS Library and Abstracts Database - send us your feedback.