Activity-Based Detection and Bioanalytical Confirmation of a Fatal Carfentanil Intoxication

Carfentanil, one of the most potent opioids known, has recently been reported as a contaminant in street heroin in the United States and Europe, and is associated with an increased number of life-threatening emergency department admissions and deaths. Here, we report on the application of a novel in...

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Main Authors: Annelies Cannaert, Lars Ambach, Peter Blanckaert, Christophe P. Stove
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2018.00486/full