• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.578-585
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• 2017

Recently, there has been a rise in the number of amphetamine derivatives that serve as substitutes for controlled substances (e.g. amphetamine and methamphetamine) on the global illegal drug market. These substances are capable of producing rewarding effects similar to their parent drug. In anticipation of the future rise of new and similar psychoactive substances, we designed and synthesized four novel amphetamine derivatives with N-benzyl, N-benzylamphetamine HCl (NBNA) substituent on the amine region, 1,4-dioxane ring, ethylenedioxy-amphetamine HCl (EDA), methyl, para-methylamphetamine HCl (PMEA), and naphthalene, 2-(aminopropyl) naphthalene HCl (2-APN) substituents on the phenyl site. Then, we evaluated their abuse potential in the conditioned place preference (CPP) test in mice and self-administration (SA) test in rats. We also investigated the psychostimulant properties of the novel drugs using the locomotor sensitization test in mice. Moreover, we performed qRT-PCR analyses to explore the effects of the novel drugs on the expression of D1 and D2 dopamine receptor genes in the striatum. NBNA, but not EDA, PMEA, and 2-APN, induced CPP and SA in rodents. None of the test drugs have produced locomotor sensitization. qRT-PCR analyses demonstrated that NBNA increased the expression of striatal D1 dopamine receptor genes. These data indicate that NBNA yields rewarding effects, suggesting potential for abuse. Continual observation for the rise of related substances is thus strongly encouraged.

• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2019

Amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) are a group of ${\beta}$-phenethylamine derivatives that produce central nervous system stimulants effects. The representative ATS are methamphetamine and 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), and abuse of ATS has become a global problem. Methamphetamine is abused in North America and Asia, while amphetamine and 3, 4-methyle nedioxym ethamphetamine (Ecstasy) are abused in Europe and Australia. Methamphetamine is also the most abused drug in Korea. In addition to the conventional ATS, new psychoactive substances (NPS) including phenethylamines and synthetic cathinones, which have similar effects and chemical structure to ATS, continue to spread to the global market since 2009, and more than 739 NPS have been identified. For the analysis of ATS, two tests that have different theoretical principles have to be conducted, and screening tests by immunoassay and confirmatory tests using GC/MS or LC/MS are the global standard methods. As most ATS have a chiral center, enantiomer separation is an important point in forensic analysis, and it can be conducted using chiral derivatization reagents or chiral columns. In order to respond to the growing drug crime, it is necessary to develop a fast and efficient analytical method.

• 분석과학
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.210-218
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• 2009

GC-MS/MS를 이용하여 모발 중 암페타민계 마약류 4종과 노르케타민의 동시 분석법을 확립하였으며 결과의 신뢰도를 높이기 위해 분석법 검정을 실시하였다. 모발 시료의 전처리 과정은 증류수와 아세톤을 이용하여 세척, 자동분쇄기를 이용한 세절, 메탄올 용매를 이용한 추출 및 배양 그리고 HFBA로 유도체화하는 단계를 거쳐 GC-MS/MS를 이용하여 분석하였다. 그 결과 모든 분석물질에 대해 정량범위 내에서 우수한 직선성을 나타내었으며, 실제 마약 복용자의 모발감정에 이용될 수 있는 충분한 감도와 선택성, 정밀도와 정확도를 확인하였다. 검정곡선의 결정계수($r^2$)는 0.998 이상을 나타내었고 검출 한계는 0.007 ng/mg 이하였으며 회수율은 75.9-100.9%이었다. 일내 (intra-day) 및 일간 (inter-day) 정확도는 -2.6-17.0%의 범위를 나타내었으며 정밀도는 10.7%이하로 모두 기준값(20% 이하)이내의 값을 나타내었다. 확립된 분석법을 마약 복용자의 모발에 적용한 결과 메스암페타민의 농도 분포는 0.97-19.30 ng/mg이었으며 암페타민은 0.14-2.56 ng/mg이었다.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 1976

The clinical abuse of C.N.S. stimulants during recent years has directed particular attention. Effect of various organs other than C.N.S. was also extensively investigated with those agents. It has been shown that, although there is a wide variation in sensitivity between species, caffeine stimulates gastric secretion in man, cat, guinea pig and dog. Roth and Ivy(1944) reported that caffeine and histamine acted synergistically in stimulating gastric secretion in the cat. Vaille et al(1966) studied that production of pancreatic juice in the rat was enhanced, but bile secretion was not affected by caffeine. In clinical study the effect of chlorpromazine on the external pancreatic secretion in the 24 subjects, the volume fell more than 20% in 7 subjects. (Skajaa et al 1960) It is widely known that C.N.S. stimulants enhanced spontaneous motor activity in the mice, while tranquilizers depressed the activity. Woo (1975) reported that the group of mice treated with chlorpromazine showed markedly inhibited motor activity and in the group of mice treated with amphetamine, there was a significant increase in the motor activity. The purpose of the present experiment was to study the effects of C.N.S. stimulants and depressant on the exocrine pancreas, and on the spontaneous motor activity in the rats. The results obtained are summarized as follows. 1. In animals treated with xanthine derivatives, the volume of pancreatobiliary secretion was markedly increased. 2. Total bilirubin output was elevated markedly in the xanthine derivatives and imipramine treated animals. The bilirubin concentration was increased in xanthine derivatives treated group. 3. The concentration of cholate in the bile was decreased in the chlorpromazine treated group. 4. The activity of lipase in the pancreatobiliary juice was elevated markedly in the xanthine derivatives treated group only. 5. In the all experimental groups, the activity of amylase in pancreatobiliary juice was significantly elevated. 6. In the caffeine treated group, spontaneous motor activity was markedly increased in $30{\sim}60$ minutes, and the amphetamine treated group showed the increased motor activity in first 30 minutes. 7. The group of rats treated with chlorpromazine showed markedly inhibited motor activity after 30 minutes, and the imipramine treated group showed similar result but less inhibition.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.761-766
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• 2020

페네틸아민 유도체는 생화학적 작용을 하는 물질로 향정신성 약물로 많이 응용되고 있다. 특히 에페드린, 암페타민, 펜터마인 그리고 도파민과 같은 물질의 정량적 검출과 관련해서는 전기화학적, 진공자외선법, 그리고 가스크로마토그래피법 등의 선행연구가 많이 진행되었다. 그러나 분자 단위의 구조적 특성에 따른 연구는 많이 보고되지 않았다. 따라서 이 연구에서는 페네틸아민 유도체의 구조적 특성을 알아보기 위하여 (HyperChem8.0, HC)의 반경험적 PM3 방법을 이용하여 에페드린, 암페타민, 펜터마인 그리고 도파민의 전체에너지, 밴드갭, 정전포텐셜, 전하량을 계산하여 각 유도체의 분자구조적 변화에 따른 화학적 특성을 조사하였다. 그 결과 총에너지의 경우 -43,171.8, -32,9538.3, -36,407.3 그리고 -43,061.2 Kcal/mol로 각각 나타났으며 밴드 갭의 경우 10.1637937, 9.9531666, 9.7878002 그리고 9.0589282 eV로 나타났다. 또한, 정전포텐셜의 경우 1.301~-0.045, 1.694~0.299, 0.694~-0.158 그리고 1.587~-0.048로 각각 나타났다. 마지막으로 알짜전하 분포를 살펴보면 산소 원자, 질소 원자 그리고 탄소 원자의 경우 각각 -0.312~-0.242, -0.161~-0.051 그리고 ＋0.13~-0.12로 나타났다. 이와 같은 결과는 페네틸아민 유도체에 공통으로 존재하는 페닐기와 산소 및 질소 원자를 중심으로 화학작용이 진행될 것으로 예상한다.

• 분석과학
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2020

Methamphetamine (MA) is the most common and available drug of abuse in Korea and its primary metabolite is amphetamine (AP). Detection of AP derivatives, such as MA, AP, phentermine (PT), MDA, MDMA, and MDEA by the use of immunoassay screening is not reliable and accurate due to cross-reactivity and insufficient specificity/sensitivity. Therefore, the analytical process accepted by most urine drug-testing programs employs the two-step method with an initial screening test followed by a more specific confirmatory test if the specimen screens positive. In this study, a gas chromatography-mass spectrometric (GC-MS) method was developed and validated for confirmation of MA and AP in human urine. Urine sample (500 µL) was added with N-isopropylbenzylamine as internal standard and ethyl chloroformate as a derivatization reagent, and then extracted with 200 µL of ethyl acetate. Extracted samples were analysed with GC-MS in the SIM/ Scan mode, which were screened by Cobas c311 analyzer (Roche/Hitachi) to evaluate the efficiency as well as the compatibility of the GC-MS method. Qualitative method validation requirements for selectivity, limit of detection (LOD), precision, accuracy, and specificity/sensitivity were examined. These parameters were estimated on the basis of the most intense and characteristic ions in mass spectra of target compounds. Precision and accuracy were less than 5.2 % (RSD) and ±14.0 % (bias), respectively. The LODs were 3 ng/mL for MA and 1.5 ng/mL for AP. At the screening immunoassay had a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 95.1 % versus GC-MS for confirmatory testing. The applicability of the method was tested by the analysis of spiked urine and abusers' urine samples.

• 분석과학
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.79-85
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• 2015

TLC (SiO₂) 상에서 3가지 유사 암페타민 류 아민 화합물과 3가지 유도체화 시약 사이의 반응으로부터 얻어진 아민유도체의 이미지 분석으로부터 암페타민 류 화합물에 대한 신속하고 경제적인 반정량적인 분석방법을 제시하기 위하여 선행 실험을 하였다. TLC상 직접적인(in situ, co-spot) 유도체화 반응의 적정화를 시도하였고 그 TLC 결과물들을 디지털카메라로 촬영하여 이미지를 얻은 후 2가지의 이미지 분석 프로그램(CP Atlas 2.0 및 ImageJ)에 적용하여 재현성(RSD; %)과 상관성(R²)을 각각 확인 및 비교하였다. 그 결과, 반응 조건에 대한 조정이 필요하였고(반응 온도 등) 각 시료별 2가지의 농도(0.5 mg/mL 및 0.01 mg/mL)에서 반응의 재현성은 0.69~5.50% 범위이었으며 반응(2 µL per spot)의 생성물과 아민의 농도에 대한 상관성은 0.1~0.005 mg/mL의 농도 구간에서 가장 높게 나타났다(R²> 0.9906). 또한, 두 가지 프로그램 모두 재현성과 직선성에 대한 유사한 결과를 나타내어 직접적인 유도체화 반응과 TLC 이미지에 대한 이들 프로그램을 사용한 분석이 아민 화합물에 대한 반정량적인 분석으로 사용될 수 있는 가능성을 보였다.

• 약학회지
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.145-153
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• 2011

A simultaneous detection and quantification method for determining the Phenylalkylamine derivatives, such as methamphetamine (MA), amphetamine (AM), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), ketamine (KT), norketamine (NKT), phentermine (PT), fenfluramine (FFA) and phenmetrazine (PM), in oral fluid was developed and validated according to international guidelines. The validated method was applied to actual oral fluid samples collected from drug abuse suspects. The recovery of phenylalkylamines from oral fluid collection devices was also assessed. Oral fluid specimens from 20 drug abuse suspects submitted by the police were collected using Salivette$^{TM}$, Quantisal$^{TM}$ or direct expectoration. The samples were screened using a biochip array analyzer. For confirmation, the samples were analyzed by GC-MS in selected-ion monitoring (SIM) mode after extraction using automated SPE with a mixed-mode cation exchange cartridge and derivatization with trifluoroacetic anhydride (TFAA). The results from the immunoassay were consistent with those from GC-MS. All the oral fluid samples gave positive results for MA, AM, PT and/or PM. The detection of phenylalkylamines in oral fluid can provide a better indication of recent use than urine or hair. Therefore, the oral fluid specimen was useful for demonstrating phenylalkylamines abuse in the driving under the influence of drug (DUID) as an alternative specimen for urine.