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ArticleForensic science, medicine, and pathology2021

Toxicological investigations in a death involving 2-MAPB.

Nadine Theofel, Dennis Budach, Elke Vejmelka, Stefan Scholtis, Michael Tsokos

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Article in Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nadine TheofelGovernmental Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Turmstraße 21, 10559, Berlin, Germany. nadine.theofel@germed.berlin.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6028-8382
Dennis BudachCriminal Investigation Division, Tempelhofer Damm 12, 12101, Berlin, Germany.
Elke VejmelkaGovernmental Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Turmstraße 21, 10559, Berlin, Germany.
Stefan ScholtisGovernmental Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Turmstraße 21, 10559, Berlin, Germany.
Michael TsokosGovernmental Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Turmstraße 21, 10559, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7805-6352
Bundeskriminalamt · DEMax Planck Institute for the History of Science · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New psychoactive substances are becoming increasingly popular. However, there is a lack of mass spectral information on parent substances and their corresponding metabolites as well as fatal concentrations in body liquids and tissues. Only very few clinical reports and user reports exist. This is also the case for methylaminopropylbenzofuran (MAPB) isomers. Urine from a decedent was screened using different immuno assays, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS/MS). Additionally, respective targets were quantitated in all analyzed specimens by LC-MS/MS. Gas chromatography-infrared spectroscopy (GC-IR) was applied to confirm the identity of the intoxication. GC-MS and the amphetamine immuno assay were useful to track the putative intoxication. However, the chemical structure of 2-MAPB was only elucidated by means of LC-HRMS/MS and GC-IR. 2-MAPB was highest in urine (167 µg/mL), followed by gastric content (98.9 µg/mL), bile fluid (30.8 µg/mL), liver (22.2 µg/g), heart blood (16.7 µg/mL), and lowest in femoral blood (7.3 µg/mL). Besides the parent substance, we detected N-demethyl-2-MAPB and hydroxy-2-MAPB in the urine sample. This case report presents an intoxication caused by 2-MAPB. The 2-MAPB concentration found in femoral blood exceeded those reviewed for 5/6-MAPB. The concentrations of the other specimens cannot be evaluated because there exist no comparative data. The values presented can be applied to assess 2-MAPB intoxications in the future.

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AmphetamineTandem Mass SpectrometryChromatography, LiquidGas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryHumansLiverAmphetamine(2-(2-(methylamino)propyl)benzofuran)GC-IRGC–MSLC–MS/MSNPS

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PMID33877515
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