Journal
DRUG TESTING AND ANALYSIS
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 235-239Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/dta.3377
Keywords
etazene; etodesnitazene; high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS); new psychoactive substances (NPS); new synthetic opioids (NSOs)
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Etazene is a novel synthetic opioid that has been detected through analysis of urine samples. Its metabolites can be used to determine exposure to Etazene.
Etazene (or etodesnitazene) is a novel and highly active synthetic opioid belonging to the rapidly evolving and emerging group of nitazenes. Etazene metabolites were identified through analysis of a human urine sample. The sample was obtained from a 25-year-old man who attempted suicide by taking a new psychoactive substances (NPS) cocktail purchased online and was analyzed by ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry (UHPLC-HRMS). Etazene metabolites were predicted with BioTransformer 3.0, and the exact masses were added to the inclusion list. Eight possible metabolites were identified in the urine sample. N- and O-deethylation were identified as the predominant metabolism routes, resulting in M1 (O-deethylated etazene; most abundant metabolite based on the peak area), M2 (N-deethylated etazene), and M3 (N,O-dideethylated etazene) metabolites. Less abundant hydroxylated products of these deethylated metabolites and etazene were also found. Additionally, in the analysis without beta-glucuronidase treatment, M1- and M3-glucuronide phase II metabolites were found. As N- and O-deethylated products seem to be the predominant urinary metabolites, the detection of these metabolites in urine can be useful to demonstrate etazene exposure.
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