Designer benzodiazepines: a review of toxicology and public health risks

P Brunetti, R Giorgetti, A Tagliabracci, MA Huestis… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
The rising use of designer benzodiazepines (DBZD) is a cat-and-mouse game between
organized crime and law enforcement. Non-prohibited benzodiazepines are introduced onto …

[HTML][HTML] Benzodiazepines in complex biological matrices: Recent updates on pretreatment and detection methods

YX Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Bian, YJ Liu, A Ren… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Benzodiazepines (BDZs) are used in clinics for anxiolysis, anticonvulsants, sedative
hypnosis, and muscle relaxation. They have high consumptions worldwide because of their …

Determination of benzodiazepines and Z-hypnotic drugs in whole blood samples by GC–MS/MS: method development, validation and application

L Banaszkiewicz, MK Woźniak, M Kaliszan… - Microchemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Benzodiazepines (BZDs) and Z-drugs are widely used as anxiolytics, sedative hypnotics,
anticonvulsants and muscle relaxants.“Designer benzodiazepines”(DBZDs) are a new …

Polystyrene nanofibers as an effective sorbent for the adsorption of clonazepam: kinetic and thermodynamic studies

J An, X Wang, Y Li, W Kang, K Lian - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Polystyrene (PS) electrospun nanofibers were prepared via electrospinning for the
adsorption of clonazepam from aqueous solution. The adsorption conditions such as …

Determination of seven antidepressants in Pericardial fluid by means of dispersive liquid–Liquid Microextraction and gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry

P Cabarcos-Fernández… - Journal of Analytical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Although blood is often used to detect and quantify the presence of drugs, there are some
instances where samples obtained from other biological matrices, like pericardial fluid (PF) …

Quantification of 54 benzodiazepines and Z-drugs, including 20 designer ones, in plasma

M Degreef, L Vits, EM Berry… - Journal of analytical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Benzodiazepines are widely used in the treatment of sleep and anxiety disorders, as well as
epileptic seizures and alcohol withdrawal because of their broad therapeutic index and low …

[HTML][HTML] Mesoporous silica nanoparticles decorated with C3N4 framework as a novel electrocatalyst for the design of a selective clonazepam sensor

F Abedi, HR Rajabi, M Roushani, Z Rafiee… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, a new chemical modifier based on copper nitrate hydroxide-containing
mesoporous silica decorated with a C 3 N 4 framework (MSN/C 3 N 4/CNH) was developed …

Sunlight-Driven Degradation of Alprazolam and Amitriptyline by Application of Binary Zinc Oxide and Tin Oxide Powders

N Finčur, D Šojić Merkulov, P Putnik, V Despotović… - Separations, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, much attention has been paid to pharmaceuticals as potential toxic bioactive
substances in the worldwide environment. These compounds are continuously introduced …

Development and validation of a single step GC/MS method for the determination of 41 drugs and drugs of abuse in postmortem blood

A Orfanidis, A Krokos, O Mastrogianni, H Gika… - Forensic Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
A toxicology laboratory often receives a high number of samples from cases (autopsies or
clinical) that may require the quick delivery of trustworthy, accurate results. Thus, there is a …

Sensitive determination of midazolam and propofol in human plasma by GC–MS/MS

Y Kaki, M Fujishiro, XP Lee, A Kato, Y Sakamoto… - Forensic …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose A sensitive method was developed for the simultaneous determination of
midazolam and propofol in human plasma samples via modified quick, easy, cheap …