Citation

Saito T, Namera A, Osawa M, Aoki H, Inokuchi S. Forensic Toxicol. 2013; 31(2): 328-332.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s11419-013-0183-8

PMID

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Abstract

We provided toxicological analytical support for a fatal case of abuse of α-pyrrolidinovaleorophenone (α-PVP) -- a stimulant compound with an affect similar to the designer drug MDPV.

Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and capillary gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was employed to quantify the drug in whole blood. The whole blood concentration of the drug in the heart was 486 ng/ml.

This is the first report of α-PVP intoxication as ascertained by mass spectrometric identification of α-PVP in whole blood.

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