Journal
LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 97, Issue 1, Pages 78-90Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2013.12.212
Keywords
Synthetic cannabinoids; Analysis; Herbal products; Metabolites
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Cannabimimetics (commonly referred to as synthetic cannabinoids), a group of compounds encompassing a wide range of chemical structures, have been developed by scientists with the hope of achieving selectivity toward one or the other of the cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2. The goal was to have compounds that could possess high therapeutic activity without many side effects. However, underground laboratories have used the information generated by the scientific community to develop these compounds for illicit use as marijuana substitutes. This chapter reviews the different classes of these synthetic cannabinoids with particular emphasis on the methods used for their identification in the herbal products with which they are mixed and identification of their metabolites in biological specimens. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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