URINARY-EXCRETION HALF-LIFE OF DELTA-1-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL-7-OIC ACID IN HEAVY MARIJUANA USERS AFTER SMOKING
URINARY-EXCRETION HALF-LIFE OF DELTA-1-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL-7-OIC ACID IN HEAVY MARIJUANA USERS AFTER SMOKING
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DOI:
10.1093/jat/13.4.218
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发表时间:
1989-07-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
HALLDIN, MM
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作者:
JOHANSSON, E;HALLDIN, MM
The urinary excretion of the total amount of .DELTA.1-tetrahydrocannabinol (.DELTA.1-THC) metabolites, with special emphasis on .DELTA.1-tetrahydrocannabinol-7-oic acid (.DELTA.1-THC-7-oic acid), was studied in thirteen heavy Cannabis users after smoking administration of .DELTA.1-THC, followed by a four week discontinuation period. The total amount of .DELTA.1-THC metabolites and the levels of .DELTA.1-THC-7-oic acid could be followed up to 25 days after abstinence using EMIT d.a.u. cannabinoid assay and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The urinary excretion half-life, calculated from the concentrations of .DELTA.1-THC-7-oic acid versus time, ranged from 0.8-9.8 days with a mean (.+-. SD) of 3.0 .+-. 2.3 days. Most of the .DELTA.1-THC-7-oic acid was excreted as conjugate and only trace amounts of unconjugated .DELTA.1-THC-7-oic acid were detected. The total concentrations of .DELTA.1-THC-7-oic acid in urine were compared to the concentrations of "cross-reacting cannabinoids", within the linear range of 20-75 ng/ML, obtained in the semiquantitative EMIT d.a.u. cannabinoid assay. The average ratio of "EMIT concentrations"/.DELTA.1-THC-7-oic acid concentrations obtained by HPLC analysis was 1.23 .+-. 84% (C.V.) for 78 urine samples. A total of 83% of the samples with positive EMIT levels (cutoff 20 ng/mL) was confirmed by HPLC analysis (cutoff 7 ng/mL).