The screening of biological samples for the presence of illicit or legal substances is an
important frontline tool in both clinical and forensic toxicology. In the clinical setting, drug …

The rising number of deaths caused by fentanyl overdosing in the US due to the
overwhelming illicit use of this synthetic opioid has started a global campaign to develop …

Substance abuse during pregnancy is an important public health issue affecting the mother
and the growing infant. Preterm labor, miscarriage, abruption and postpartum hemorrhage …

While immunoassays are pivotal to medical diagnosis and bioanalytical chemistry, the
current landscape of public health has catalyzed an important shift in the requirements of …

A fatal case of butyrfentanyl poisoning was investigated at the Zurich Institute of Forensic
Medicine. At admission at the institute approx. 9 h after death (first time point, t1), femoral …

The investigation of novel sample matrices in the forensic sciences offers several possible
advantages, such as allowing for results to be obtained in cases where common sample …

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a semi‐synthetic hallucinogen that has gained
popularity as a recreational drug and has been investigated as an adjunct to psychotherapy …

The present study has attempted to downscale a mass spectrometer in order to make it
portable and enable onsite analysis with it. The development of a small mass spectrometer …

Monoclonal antibody (MAb) against mitragynine (MG), an analgesic alkaloid from Kratom
leaves (Mitragyna speciosa), was produced. MG was coupled to carrier proteins employing …

Addictive substance use is most prevalent in people who are of reproductive-age. In a
national prevalence survey performed among pregnant women aged 15–44 years, 10.8 …