Sweat Testing for the Detection of Methylone after Controlled Administrations in Humans

The aim of this study was to determine the excretion of methylone and its metabolites in sweat following the ingestion of increasing controlled doses of 50, 100, 150 and 200 mg of methylone to twelve healthy volunteers involved in a clinical trial. Methylone and its metabolites 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-N...

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Autores: Di Giorgi, Alessandro|||0000-0003-2997-221X, Sprega, Giorgia, Poyatos, Lourdes|||0000-0002-4641-8600, Papaseit, Esther|||0000-0003-2620-4274, Pérez-Mañá, Clara|||0000-0001-6343-6918, Di Trana, Annagiulia|||0000-0002-8456-0827, Varì, Maria Rosaria|||0000-0001-8641-0761, Busardo, Francesco Paolo|||0000-0002-3082-4532, Pichini, Simona, Zaami, Simona|||0000-0001-5741-7139, Lo Faro, Alfredo Fabrizio|||0000-0002-0240-5277, Farré Albaladejo, Magí|||0000-0001-8338-7543
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositório:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:281648
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/281648
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/ijms24087395
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:LC-MS/MS
Methylone
Pharmacokinetics
Sweat
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Resumo:The aim of this study was to determine the excretion of methylone and its metabolites in sweat following the ingestion of increasing controlled doses of 50, 100, 150 and 200 mg of methylone to twelve healthy volunteers involved in a clinical trial. Methylone and its metabolites 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-N-methylcathinone (HMMC) and 3,4-methylenedioxycathinone (MDC) were analyzed in sweat patches by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Methylone and MDC were detected in sweat at 2 h and reached their highest accumulation (C) at 24 h after the administration of 50, 100, 150 and 200 mg doses. In contrast, HMMC was not detectable at any time interval after each dose. Sweat proved to be a suitable matrix for methylone and its metabolites' determination in clinical and toxicological studies, providing a concentration that reveals recent drug consumption.