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POSTER PRESENTATIONS Session: ANALITICAL METHODS (AM) Session: WORKPLACE DRUG TESTING & DOPING CONTROL (WD) Session: BEHAVIOURAL TOXICOLOGY (BT) Session: ALTERNATIVE SPECIMENS (AS) Session: POSTMORTEM TOXICOLOGY (PT) Session: OCCUPATIONAL & ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY (OE) Session: TOXINS & HERBALS & VENOMS (TH) Session: CLINICAL FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY (CT) Session: DRUGS OF ABUSE (DA) Guidelines for authors Session Attendance at posters AM Monday, August 28, 13.00-14.00 WD Monday, August 28, 13.00-14.00 BT Monday, August 28, 13.00-14.00 AS Monday, August 28, 13.00-14.00 PT Tuesday, August 29, 13.00-14.00 OE Tuesday, August 29, 13.00-14.00 TH Tuesday, August 29, 13.00-14.00 CT Tuesday, August 29, 13.00-14.00 DA Tuesday, August 29, 13.00-14.00 POSTER SESSION: ANALITICAL METHODS (AM) Monday, August 28 AM-p-01 Specific screening for illegal drugs and psychoactive medicines in whole blood using LC/MS/MS Asbjørg S. Christophersen, Unni Johansen and Elisabeth Leere Øiestad Division of Forensic Toxicology and Drugs Abuse, Norwegian Institute of Public Health P.O. Box 4404 Nydalen, 0443 Oslo Norway AM-p-02 Analysis of THC, 11-OH-THC, THC-COOH, CBD and CBN by Liquid Chromatography-tandem Mass Spectrometry in human EDTA-plasma and urine after small doses of THC and Cannabis Sativa extract Sandra Grauwiler1, André Scholer2, Jürgen Drewe3 1University Hospital Basel, Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Petersgraben 4,CH-4031 Basel; 2Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel; 3Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Basel, CH-4031 Basel AM-p-03 Detection and analysis of cannabinoids in bio-samples by Surface-Ionization methods U. Khasanov1, U.Kh.Rasulev1, D.T.Usmanov1, S.S.Iskhakova1, R.K.Akhmedova2 1Arifov Institute of Electronics, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok, 33 F.Hojaev str., 700125 Tashkent, Uzbekistan; 2Republican Center of Forensic Expertise, Tashkent, Uzbekistan AM-p-04 Validated method for the determination of ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), 11-hydroxy-∆9-THC and 11-nor-9-carboxy-∆9-THC in oral fluid, urine and blood using solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography- mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization H.M. Teixeira1,2, A. Verstraete3, P. Proença1, F. Corte-Real1,2, P.V. Monsanto1, D.N. Vieira12 1Medicine, Coimbra, Portugal; 2Faculty of Medicine, Coimbra University, Coimbra, Portugal; 3Laboratory of Clinical Biology-Toxicology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium AM-p-05 The impurity characteristics of methamphetamine synthesized by Emde and Nagai method Beom Jun Ko1, SungIll Suh1, Yong Jun Suh1, Moon Kyo In1, Sung-Hong Kim3 1Drug Signature Analysis Center, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, Seoul 137-730, Korea; 2School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Sillim-Dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 151-742, Korea; 3Korea Basic Science Institute, Daegu branch, 1370, Sankyuk-Dong, Puk-gu, Daegu, 702-701, Korea AM-p-06 Determination of ibotenic acid and muscimol in Amanita mushrooms and rat plasma by HPLC-UV and LC/MS Kenji Tsujikawa1 , Kenji Kuwayama1, Hajime Miyaguchi1, Tatsuyuki Kanamori1, Yuko Iwata1, Hiroyuki Inoue1, Takemi Yoshida2, Tohru Kishi1 1National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1, Kashiwanoha, 277-0882, Kashiwa, Japan, Chiba; 2Department of Biochemical Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Showa University AM-p-07 Systematic toxicological analysis of xenobiotics – The LC/MS approach L. Humbert1, M. Roberts2, M. Wood2, G.Bondoux3, M. Lhermitte1 1Laboratoire de Toxicologie & Génopathies, Hôpital Calmette - CHRU de Lille, 59037 Lille Cedex - France; 2Waters Corporation Atlas Park, Simonsway, Manchester M22 5PP - UK; 3Waters Corporation European Headquarters Waters S.A.S. 78280 Guyancourt - France AM-p-08 LC-MS/MS determination of urinary 5-hydroxytryptophol glucuronide and 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid Nikolai Stephanson1, Olof Beck1 and Anders Helander2 1Department of Clinical Pharmacology; 2Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Hospital & Institute, Stockholm, Sweden AM-p-09 Benzodiazepine detection in hair by MISPE v. SPE Marinah M. Ariffin1, Eleanor I. Miller1, Peter A. G.Cormack2 and Robert A. Anderson1 1University of Glasgow, UK; 1University of Strathclyde, UK AM-p-10 Screening by immunoassay and confirmation & quantitation by GC-MS of buprenorphine and norbuprenorphine in urine, whole blood and serum Nina Kangas, Sirpa Mykkänen, Sanna Kyllönen, Päivi Rajala, Kari Ariniemi and Pirjo Lillsunde Laboratory of Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland AM-p-11 Simultaneous determination of newer anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) Chyh Yeng Tan, Eugene Wee Sing Goh, Hsiao Tung Leong, Dr Yi Ju Yao and Dr Danny Siaw Teck Lo Toxicology Laboratory, Center for Forensic Science, Health Sciences Authority, 11 Outram Road, Singapore AM-p-12 Screening of basic drugs in urine by GC-NPD, GC-MS and HPLC-DAD: automation and comparison of solid phase extraction columns Helene B. Klinke, Suzanne Nielsen Dept. of Forensic Chemistry, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark AM-p-13 CZE-ESI-TOF MS applied to hair analysis in the screening for drugs of abuse Rossella Gottardo, Ameriga Fanigliulo, Jennifer P. Pascali, Franco Tagliaro Department of Medicine and Public Health, Unit of Forensic Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy AM-p-14 New automated technique for the simultaneous detection of some addictive drugs in saliva samples with the Fast GC/MS SPME Multifiber System Gagliano-Candela R.1, Strisciullo G.1, Dugheri S.2, Pacenti M.2, Degli Esposti F.3, Arcangeli G.2, Cupelli V.2 1Forensic Toxicology Chair, Department of Internal Medicine and Public Health,University of Bari, P.za G Cesare, 11-70124 Bari, Italy; 2Occupational Medicine Division, Department of Public Health, University of Florence, Largo Palagi, 1- 50134 Florence, Italy; 3ChromLine Srl, Via Anita Garibaldi, 40 -59100 Prato, Italy AM-p-15 Determination of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and its precursors in blood and urine samples: salting- out approach A. Kankaanpää, R. Liukkonen and K. Ariniemi Drug Research Unit, Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland AM-p-16 Detection, confirmation, and quantitation of several drugs of abuse in urine using LC/MS/MS Tania A. Sasaki1, Robert Galvin2, Daniel Blake2, Bénédicte Duretz3 1Applied Biosystems Foster City, CA USA; 2Applied Biosystems, Warrington, England; 3Applied Biosystems, Les Ulis, France AM-p-17 Method validation for the simultaneous analysis of organophosphate pesticides in blood by GC/MS Mee Jung Park, Sang Ki Lee, Ja Youl Yang, Ki Wook Kim, Sang Whan In, You Sin Park, Hee Sun Chung, Young Chan Yoo National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Seoul 158-707, Korea AM-p-18 Fast and efficient measurement of the short term alcohol marker 5-hydroxytryptophol / 5-hydroxyindolic acid in urine with RP-HPLC and fluorescence detection Lydia Halwachs, Rainer W. Schmid Medical & Chemical Labdiagnostics, University Hospital Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Austria AM-p-19 Method validation of cyanide quantification in blood Ki Wook Kim, Sang Ki Lee, Ja Youl Yang, Mee Jung Park, Sang Whan In, You Sin Park, Hee Sun Chung, Young Chan Yoo National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Seoul 158-707, Korea AM-p-20 Simultaneous extraction of alkaline addictive drugs from post-mortem human adipose tissues and GC/MS detection Perkins de Piacentino A.M.1, Gagliano-Candela R.2, Aventaggiato L.2, Colucci A.P2 1Laboratorio de Toxicologia y Quimica Legal, Cuerpo Medico Forense, Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nacion, Viamonte 2151, C1056ABG Buenos Aires, Argentina; 2Forensic Toxicology Chair, Department of Internal Medicine and Public Health, University of Bari, P.za G. Cesare 11 – 70124 Bari, Italy AM-p-21 A high-throughput on-line SPE-LC-MS/MS method for the analysis of 14 antidepressants and metabolites in plasma A. de Castro2, M.M. Ramírez1, M.Laloup1, N. Samyn1, G. De Boeck1, M. López-Rivadulla2 1Toxicology Section. National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology, Brussels, Belgium; 2Forensic Toxicology Service, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago of Compostela, Spain AM-p-22 Glass catalysed conversion of candesartan cilexetil to the active metabolite candesartan and its alkylated derivates Nerea Ferreirós, Sebastian Dresen, Volker Auwaerter, Wolfgang Weinmann Institute of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Albertstr. 9, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany AM-p-23 Analysis of urine organic acids using Linear Retention Indices for the determination of inherited metabolic disorders Margit Geissler1, Shuichi Kawana2 1Shimadzu Europa GmbH, Duisburg, Germany; 2Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan AM-p-24 Development of a Multiplex Toxicology Panel of Immunoassays William Link, Renato del Rosario, Joel Hardy, David King, Raisa Lerner, Randy Sweet, and Kunquan Yao Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc, Hercules, CA 94547, USA AM-p-25 Identification of anabolic agent abuse in sport: determination of androgen glucuro- and sulfoconjugates in urine by LC-MS/MS Susanna Vogliardi, Mariela Ivanova Marinova, Donata Favretto, Flavio Zancanaro, Santo Davide Ferrara Forensic Toxicology and Antidoping, University Hospital of Padova, Via Falloppio 50, I-35121 Padova, Italy AM-p-26 A method using an analyte trapping reagent, for the simultaneous analysis of the amino urinary metabolites of flunitrazepam, clonazepam and nitrazepam, by GC-MS R.A.F. Couch and H.Madhavaram LabPlus, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand AM-p-27 High throughput extraction of drugs from biological fluids using an improved supported liquid extraction plate Richard Calverley, Lee Williams, Scott Merriman, Helen Lodder, Anne Howells, Steve Jordan, Claire Desbrow, Matthew Cleeve Argonaut Technologies, now a Biotage company, New Road, Hengoed, Mid Glamorgan, CF82 8AU, UK AM-p-28 Analysis of inorganic impurities in illicit methamphetamine using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) SungIll Suh1, Beom Jun Ko12, Yong Jun Suh1, Moon Kyo In1 and Sung-Hong Kim3 1Drug Signature Analysis Center, Supreme Prosecutors' Office, Seoul 137-730, Korea; 2School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 151-742, Korea; 3Korea Basic Science Institute, Daegu branch, 1370, Sankyuk-dong, Puk-gu, Daegu, 702-701, Korea AM-p-29 HPLC-ESI-MS/MS in bioanalytical chromatography: Can we forget chromatography? Rainer W. Schmid and Lydia Halwachs Medical & Chemical Labdiagnostics, University Hospital Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Austria Top POSTER SESSION: WORKPLACE DRUG TESTING & DOPING CONTROL (WD) Monday, August 28 WD-p-01 Preliminary investigations of diuretic screening method converted from HPLC/MS to UPLC/MS Russell Watts1, Philip Grace2, Michelle Wood1 and Simon Hudson2 1Waters Corporation, MS Technologies Centre, Manchester, UK; 2HFL, Fordham, Cambridgeshire, UK WD-p-02 Methylnoretiocholanolone Sulfate – Long-Term Metabolite of Methylnortestosterone (17Α-Methylnandrolone) Victor P. Uralets, Stacy A. Sweeney Quest Diagnostics, 4230 Burnham Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119, USA WD-p-03 Characterization of the Metabolites of New Designer Anabolic Steroids Grigory Rodchenkov, Tim Sobolevsky and Vladimir Sizoi Antidoping Centre, Elizavetinsky per.10, 105005, Moscow, Russia WD-p-04 Metabolism of Non-Steroidal Phytoestrogens: Ipriflavone and 5-Methyl-isoflavones Svetlana Appolonova*, Pavel Baranov, Grigory Rodchenkov Antidoping Centre, Elizavetinsky per.10, 105005, Moscow, Russia WD-p-05 Excretion Study of Methylprednisolone using HPLC-MS Ion Trap Marina Dikunets, Svetlana Appolonova, Grigory Rodchenkov Antidoping Centre, Elizavetinsky per.10, 105005, Moscow, Russia WD-p-06 SPE-LC-TOFMS screening method for detection of doping agents in urine M. Kolmonena1,2, A. Pelandera1, A. Leinonen2, I. Ojanperäa1 1Forensic Toxicology Division, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland; 2Doping Control Laboratory, United Laboratories Ltd., Helsinki, Finland Top POSTER SESSION: BEHAVIOURAL TOXICOLOGY (BT) Monday, August 28 BT-p-01 Mescaline effects on rat’s behaviour and the time profile of mescaline in rat serum and brain tissue after a single subcutaneous dose using GC-MS T. Páleníček1, M. A. Balíková2 1Prague Psychiatric Center, Ústavní 91, 181 03 Prague 8 -Bohnice; 2Institute of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University in Prague, 121 08 Prague 2 BT-p-02 Concurrent measurements of arterial and venous blood alcohol concentrations and breath alcohol concentrations using the alcotest 7110 MK III Evidential Katja Jachau, Holger Wittig, Dieter Krause Institute of Forensic Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany BT-p-03 Determination of CDT. Comparison of ion exchange columns chromatography and capillary electrophoresis Petra Finderle, Živa Flisar, Marija Prezelj University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Njegoševa 4, 1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia BT-p-04 Effect of acetaldehyde on dopamine and dopamine-derived salsolinol in the brain of free-moving rats using in vivo Reverse Microdialysis Technique Kiyoshi Ameno, Weihuan Wang, Mostofa Jamal, Mitsuru Kumihashi, Ikuo Uekita, and Iwao Ijiri Department of Forensic Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan BT-p-05 Prevalence of alcohol and illegal drugs in blood samples from adults involved in traffic law violations in the area of Frankfurt/Main (Germany) Leonardo González Wilhelm1,2, Juan José Orellana2, Gerold Kauert1, Hansjürgen Bratzke1 1Center of Forensic Medicine, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; 2CIGES (Center of Training, Research and Management for Evidence-Based Health), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile Top POSTER SESSION: ALTERNATIVE SPECIMENS (AS) Monday, August 28 AS-p-01 The disposition into hair of a new designer drug, methylone and its related compounds Ruri Kikura-Hanajiri National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1, Kamiyoga, Setagaya, 158-8501, Tokyo, Japan AS-p-02 Determination of opioid analgesics in hair samples of patients under palliative care F. Musshoff1, K. Lachenmeier1, U.Stamer2, F.F. Nauck3, B. Madea1 1Institute of Legal Medicine, Stiftsplatz 12, 53111 Bonn, Germany; 2Clinic of Anaesthesiology an Operative Intensive Care Medicine, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany; 3Centre of Palliative Medicine, Malteser Hospital Bonn, Von-Hompesch-Straße 1, 53123 Bonn, Germany AS-p-03 Patterns in drug use in the United Kingdom as revealed through analysis of hair in a large population sample Lolita Tsanaclis, John Wicks Tricho-Tech Limited, UK AS-p-04 Evaluation of the IDS ONE-STEP&tm; Elisa kit for the detection of illicit drugs in hair specimens versus GC/MS V Cirimele, ML Pujol, PJ Tritsch, M Villain, P Kintz Laboratoire ChemTox, F-67400 Illkirch, France AS-p-05 Routine drug of abuse monitoring in saliva with a new collection procedure and a modified homogenous immunoassays Bettina Tuerk1,2, Dietmar Leichtfried2, Lydia Halwachs1, Rainer W. Schmid1 1Medical & Chemical Labdiagnostics, University Hospital Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Austria; 2Greiner Bio-One, Kremsmuenster, Austria AS-p-06 Method development and validation for analysis of amphetamine, methamphetamine, methylenedioxy derivatives and metabolites in sweat patches using disk solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry Bruno S. De Martinis1, Allan J. Barnes2, Karl B. Scheidweiler2 and Marilyn A. Huestis2* 1Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Center of Legal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto, SP, 14051-140, Brazil; 2Chemistry and Drug Metabolism, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, 5500 Nathan Shock Dr., Baltimore, MD 21224, USA Top POSTER SESSION: POSTMORTEM TOXICOLOGY (PT) Tuesday, August 29 PT-p-01 Suicidal inhalation of motorbike exhaust: adding new data to the literature about the contribution of gasoline to the cause of death María A. Martínez1 and Salomé Ballesteros2 1Chemistry Department; 2Spanish Poison Control Center, National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, Ministry of Justice, C/ Luis Cabrera 9, 28002 Madrid, Spain PT-p-02 A fatal intoxication with the antimalarial drug chloroquine Nicolas Vrydags1, Kathleen Croes1, Jan Bolt2 and Frank Martens1 1Department of Forensic Toxicology, AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk, Belgium; 2Forensic pathologist, Kruishoutem, Belgium PT-p-03 Fatal case at a workplace involving fluosilicate of zinc Teresa Lech Institute of Forensic Research, 31-033 Krakow, Poland PT-p-04 The value of brain specimens in post-mortem forensic toxicology Thomas Stimpfl and Sabine Reichel Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Sensengasse 2, A-1090 Vienna, Austria PT-p-05 A novel protocol for the analysis of diltiazem to aid interpretation Simon Elliott, Collin Seneviratne Regional Laboratory for Toxicology, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK PT-p-06 Levamisole as a contaminant of illicit Cocaine Morley S.R., Forrest A.R.W. , Galloway J.H. Toxicology Section, Sheffield Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust, Sheffield, S10 2JF, United Kingdom PT-p-07 Zolpidem in lethal cases Marie Staňková, Petr Kurka Institute of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital Ostrava, Czech Republic PT-p-08 Rapid determination of methadone in postmortem whole blood and cerebellum Birgit Reiter Department of Forensic Medicine , Sensengasse 2, A-1090 Vienna, Austria PT-p-09 A comparative study on the production of ethyl and methyl alcohol in post mortem specimens (blood, brain tissue and muscle) I. A. Alabdooli1, F.A. Tarbah1, F.A. Benomran1 and Th. Daldrup2 1Dubai Police H.Q. Forensic Science Dept. P.O. Box 1493, Dubai, U.A.E; 2Institute of Legal Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany PT-p-10 Analysis of paraquat in post-mortem specimens of a paraquat-related death by HPLC Chyh Yeng Tan, Hsiao Tung Leong, Tian Hwee Koh, Eugene W. S. Goh, Yi Ju Yao, Danny S.T. Lo Toxicology Laboratory, Centre for Forensic Science, Health Sciences Authority, 11 Outram Road, Singapore PT-p-11 Postmortem femoral blood concentrations of opiates Fredrik C. Kugelberg, Henrik Druid Department of Forensic Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and The National Board of Forensic Medicine, Linköping, Sweden PT-p-12 Distribution of dimethoate in the body after a fatal organophosphate intoxication F. A. Tarbah1, F.A. Benomran1, A. I. Hassan1, A.M. Shaheen1 and Th. Daldrup2 1Dubai Police H.Q, Forensic Science Dept. P.O. Box 1493, Dubai, U.A.E; 2Institute of Legal Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany PT-p-13 Toxicological analysis after asphyxial suicide with helium and a plastic bag V. Auwärter, M. Große Perdekamp, J. Kempf, W. Weinmann, U. Schmidt, S. Pollak Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg PT-p-14 Nefopam Fatality Julie Elizabeth Midgley, Helen Poulsen Institute of Environmental Science and Research, PO Box 50-348, Porirua, New Zealand PT-p-15 Fatal single-vehicle chrash under the influence of ketamine and alcohol Y Barguil1, M Deveaux2, S Mermond1, M Chèze1, E Choblet1, G Pépin2 1Biochemistry Laboratory, New Caledonia Territorial Hospital, 98849 Noumea, New Caledonia; 2Laboratoire TOXLAB, F-75018 Paris, France PT-p-16 A database for forensic toxicology available via Internet. Johan Ahlner1, Margareta Reis2, Henrik Druid3 1Dept of Forensic Toxicology, National Board of Forensic Medicine, Linköping, Sweden; 2Dept of Clinical Pharmacology, Linköping University, Sweden; 3Dept of Forensic Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden PT-p-17 Method for Quantification of Opioids and their Metabolites in Autopsy Blood by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Ahmed I. Al-Asmari and Robert A. Anderson University of Glasgow, UK PT-p-18 A case report: Tianeptine (STABLON®) related death P. Proença1, H.M. Teixeira1,2, J.Pinheiro1, A. Claro1, P.V. Monsanto1, D.N. Vieira1,2 1National Institute of Legal Medicine, Coimbra, Portugal; 2Faculty of Medicine, Coimbra University, Coimbra, Portugal PT-p-19 Determination and distribution of clotiapine (Entumine®) in human plasma, postmortem blood and tissue samples from clotiapine treated patients and from autopsy cases Frank Sporkert1, Marc Augsburger1, Christian Giroud1, Clarisse Brossard1, Chin B. Eap2 and Patrice Mangin1 1Institut Universitaire de Médecine Légale, Rue du Bugnon 21, CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland; 2Unité de Biochimie et Psychopharmacologie Clinique, Département Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte et Top POSTER SESSION: OCCUPATIONAL & ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY (OE) Tuesday, August 29 OE-p-01 Glutathione and mercury conjugate with glutathione in ex-miners' erythrocytes Marija Prezelj1, Mladen Krsnik1, Milena Horvat2, Alfred B. Kobal1 1Clinical Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; 2J.Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, Ljubljana, Slovenia OE-p-02 Pineal hormone melatonin level in ex-mercury miners Joško Osredkar1, Milena Horvat2, Mladen Krsnik1, Darja Kobal3, Bernard Ženko2, Sašo Džeroski2 and Alfred B. Kobal1 1Clinical Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; 2J.Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, Ljubljana, Slovenia; 3Department of Psychology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana OE-p-03 Preliminary study on possible influence of elemental mercury during pregnancy M. Krsnik2, A.B. Kobal2, M. Horvat3, M. Prezelj2, A. Briski2, D. Gibicar3, C. Knap1 and J. Osredkar2 1Idrija Mercury Mine, Idrija, Slovenia; 2University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia; 3Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia OE-p-04 Elemental mercury vapour and small nerve fibre function Duska Meh1, Alfred B. Kobal2 1Institute for Rehabilitation and Department for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical Faculty Ljubljana, Linhartova 51, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; 2Department of Occupational Medicine, Idrija Mercury Mine, Idrija, Slovenia OE-p-05 Biological monitoring of ortho-toluidine in occupational exposure L. Labat1, J. Thomas1, B. Dehon1, L. Humbert1, B. Leleu2, C. Nisse3, M. Lhermitte1 1Laboratoire de Toxicologie et Génopathies, CHRU de Lille, France; 2Sita Agora, Noyelles Gaudolt, France; 3Service de Pathologie Professionnelle et Environnement, CHRU de Lille, France OE-p-06 Alteration in the immunotoxicity of LOEL dose of dimethoate on combined exposure with NOEL doses of cypermethrin and amitraz in rats in a subacute experimental system L. Institóris1, I.K. Kecskeméti1, Dóra Kovács1, Anita Lukács2, Andrea Szabó2, Zsuzsanna Lengyel2, A. Papp2 1Dept. Forensic Medicine, Szeged, Hungary; 2Dept. Public Health, Fac. Medicine, Univ. Szeged, Szeged, Hungary Top POSTER SESSION: TOXINS & HERBALS & VENOMS (TH) Tuesday, August 29 TH-p-01 Studies on the cause of an encephalopathy which took place in the limited areas in Japan 2004: a possibility of poisoning by cyanide being contained in a kind of mushroom Kunio Gonmori1, Kayoko Minakata1, Kanako Watanabe1, Shigeru Sato2, Itaru Toyoshima2, Noriyuki Matsumoto3 and Osamu Suzuki1 1Department of Legal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan; 2Investigative Committee of Acute Encephalopathy in Akita Prefecture, Japan; 3Niigata Prefectural Forest Research Institute, Japan TH-p-02 UPLC-MS/MS findings in a fatality involving massive ingestion of yew (Taxus spp.) leaves and berries Carole Jamey1, Nadia Ihadadène2, Françoise Flesch2, Chaouki Mezher3, Esther Szwarc1, Bertrand Ludes1, Antoine Tracqui1 1Laboratoire de Toxicologie, Institut de Médecine Légale, 11 rue Humann, F-67085 Strasbourg, France; 2Centre Antipoison, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1 place de l'Hôpital BP 426, F-67091 Strasbourg, France; 3Service de Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier, 2 rue du Docteur-Flamand, F-25200 Montbéliard, France TH-p-03 Analysis of herbal medicines with risks of abuse F.S. Romolo1, M.C. Rotolo1, M. Pellegrini2, F. Rosati1 1Legal Medicine Department, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Viale Regina Elena 336 - 00161 Rome, Italy; 2Clinical Biochemistry Department, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299 - 00161 Rome, Italy TH-p-04 Concentrations of tetrodotoxin and aconitine using a column-switching LC-ESI-MS method in mouse serum Makiko Hayashida, Makoto Nihira, Youkichi Ohno Department of Legal Medicine; Nippon Medical School; Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan Top POSTER SESSION: CLINICAL FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY (CT) Tuesday, August 29 CT-p-01 The Extent and Mortality of Insecticide Related Acute Poisoning in Upper Egypt Magda H. El-Karadawy1, Soheir A. Mohamed2, Nady S. Aly1, Khaled M. Mohamed1 1Medico-Legal Department, Ministry of Justice, Egypt; 2Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University CT-p-02 Effects of Ciprofloxacin on testis apoptosis and sperm parameters in rat Marefat Ghaffari Novin, Mahnaz Heidari, Arash Khaki Reproductive Biotechnology Center, Avesina Research Institute, Tehran, Iran CT-p-03 A novel method for Automated Detection and Identification of Toxicological relevant compounds in Urine and Serum samples using a GC/MS/NPD system Bernhard Rothweiler Agilent Technologies, Waldbronn, Germany CT-p-04 Successful suicide with oxygen using a facial mask at hospital – A case report P. Mura1, M. Sapanet2, P. Kintz3 1Laboratoire de Toxicologie et Pharmacocinétique, CHU, Poitiers, France; 2Service de Médecine Légale, CHU, Poitiers, France ; 3Laboratoire ChemTox, Illkirch, France CT-p-05 Acute Deliberate Organophosphate (Coumaphos) Poisoning With Intermediate Syndrome in a One Year Old Child Kiat, W.K. Toxicology Unit, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines CT-p-06 Rapid and selective analysis of nicotine and cotinine in urine by using HPLC-UV with post-column photo-irradiation Jennifer P. Pascali, Federica Bortolotti, Rossella Gottardo, Franco Tagliaro Department of Medicine and Public Health, Unit of Forensic Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy CT-p-07 Citalopram in newborns: A case report Eva Novakova Institute of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 1st Medical School and Hospital, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic CT-p-08 Analysis of Carbohydrate-Deficient Transferrin (CDT) as a marker of chronic alcohol abuse. Comparative Evaluation of a Commercial Fully Automated Multicapillary Electropherograph with a Single Capillary Electropherograph Giorgia De Paoli, Federica Bortolotti, Jennifer P. Pascali, Franco Tagliaro Department of Medicine and Public Health, Unit of Forensic Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy CT-p-09 A systematic and comprehensive method for general toxicological screening using QTrap LC-UV-MS-MS Simon Elliott1, Frans Schoutsen2, Bénédicte Duretz3 1Regional Laboratory for Toxicology, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 2Applied Biosystems, Warrington, United Kingdom; 3Applied Biosystems, Les Ulis, France CT-p-10 Case report: Ethylene glycol poisoning Lovrić M1, Granić P1, Čubrilo-Turek M2, Lalić Z1, Sertić J1 1Clinical Institute of Laboratory Diagnosis, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia; 2Department of Internal Medicine, “Sveti Duh” General Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia CT-p-11 Fast HPLC-DAD method for simultaneous phenotyping of CYP2C19 and CYP3A4 through the determination of omeprazole and two of its metabolites in human plasma samples Rafael Linden1, André Arigony Souto2 1Centro Universitário Feevale; 2Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul CT-p-12 Forensic Toxicology in South Africa: scope, trends and challenges A. A. Grové1, A.S. Schillack2 , I.J. Fenyvesi3 and M.J. Stewart4 1Department of Health: Forensic Chemistry Laboratory, Private Bag X282, Pretoria 0001, South Africa; 2Department of Health: Forensic Chemistry Laboratory, P. O. Box 668, Woodstock, Cape Town 8000, South Africa; 3Department of Health: Forensic Chemistry Laboratory, P.O. Box 1080, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa; 4Director: Forensic Pathology Services, Department of Health, Private Bag X828, Pretoria 0001, South Africa CT-p-13 Platinum levels in various tissues of a patient died 181 days after cisplatin overdose determined by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry Kayoko Minakata, Osamu Suzuki Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan CT-p-14 Simple screening tests of poisons for clinical and forensic laboratory in Japan Kojiro Kimura Department of Legal Medicine, Hiroshima University, Japan CT-p-15 Fulminant liver failure in a patient on carbamazepine and levetiracetam treatment G. Skopp1, H. P. Schmitt2, I. Pedal1 1Institute of Legal and Traffic Medicine, Voss-Str. 2, 69125 Heidelberg, Germany; 2Institute of Pathology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 220/221, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany CT-p-16 Difficulties and Pitfalls in Analysis of Benzodiazepines Kateřina Zedníková, Peter Ondra Faculty Hospital, Institute of Forensic Medicine and Medical Law, Hněvotínská 3, 775 09, Olomouc, Czech Republic CT-p-17 Histopathological Effects of Chronic Opium Dosage on Normal and Diabetic Rats: Effects on the Liver and Kidney Hatem Abdel Monem Ahmed1, Alaa M. Alanwar2, E. H. El Gawish3, Shaaban M. Ahmed4, M. H. Ibrahem5 1Assiut Lab. of Midico-legal Department, Egypt; 2Ministry of Justice, Egypt; 3Assuit Branch, Egypt; 4Zoology Department, Faculty of science, Elmenia University, Egypt Top POSTER SESSION: DRUGS OF ABUSE (DA) Tuesday, August 29 DA-p-01 Driving under the influence in Greece: A seven year survey (1998-2004) Papadodima S., Athanaselis S., Maravelias K., Dona A., Stefanidou M., Papoutsis, J., Spiliopoulou C. Dept.of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece DA-p-02 Elimination of 11-nor-9-carboxy-delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (CTHC) and formation and elimination of its acyl-glucuronide (CTHC–Glu) in serum after intravenous application of 5 mg R. Aderjan1, L. Dietz1, A. Glaz-Sandberg2, H. Nguyen3, G. Mikus2 1Institute of Legal Medicine and Traffic Medicine; 2Dept of Internal Medicine VI, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology; 3University Hospital Pharmacy, University of Heidelberg, Germany DA-p-03 Quantitative determination of major cutting agents in cocaine samples seized in Slovenia in the period from May 2004 to November 2005 Tomaž Gostič Ministry of the Interior, Forensic Research Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia DA-p-04 Interactions among the components in amphetamine-type stimulant tablets in human intestinal Caco-2 cells and in oral administration to rats Kenji Kuwayama1, Kenji Tsujikawa1, Hajime Miyaguchi1, Tatsuyuki Kanamori1, Yuko Iwata1, Hiroyuki Inoue1, Tohru Kishi1, Seiji Miyauchi2, Naoki Kamo1 1National Research Institute of Police Science; 2Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University DA-p-05 Characterization of Volatile Components of Marijuana and Hashish (Cannabis Sativa L.) Yuko T. Iwata, Hiroyuki Inoue, Kenji Kuwayama, Tatsuyuki Kanamori, Kenji Tsujikawa, Hajime Miyaguchi and Tohru Kishi National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1, Kashiwanoha, 277-0882, Kashiwa, Japan, Chiba DA-p-06 Analysis of Ketamine & Norketamine in Urine by Automatic Solid-Phase Extraction (SPE) and Positive ion chemical ionization–gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (PCI-GC-MS) Eunmi Kim, Juseon Lee, Sangkil Choi, Miae Lim and Heesun Chung National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Korea DA-p-07 Evaluation of a homogenous urine immunoassay for the determination of methadone in serum samples Michael Boettcher, Stefan Lierheimer Arztpraxis für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Labordiagnostik, Dessau, Germany DA-p-08 GC/MS Analysis of Ketamine in urine of sexual assault victims Shanlin Fu, John Lewis PaLMS, Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health, NSW, Australia DA-p-09 A screening method using LC-MS/MS for illicit drugs in plasma and postmortem blood Akgür S.A., Dolma C., Ertaş H., Moral A.R. Ege University Poison Research and Application Center, Bornova, 35100, İzmir, Turkey DA-p-10 Validation of the new CEDIA THCplus urine immunoassay M.Boettcher1, A.Peschel1, W.Haase2 1Arztpraxis für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Labordiagnostik, Dessau, Germany; 2MEDILYS, Zentrallabor Klinikum Nord, Hamburg, Germany DA-p-11 Estrogenic Effect of Marijuana Smoke Condensate Sooyeun Lee1,2, Heesun Chung1, Seungmin Oh2, Taejung Kwon1, Chunsam Kim1, Sangki Lee1, Kyuhyuck Chung2 1National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Seoul 158-707, Korea; 2Sungkyunkwan University, Gyeonggi-do 440-746, Korea DA-p-12 Detection of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid in human urine and human blood serum by LC/MS/MS and GC/MS Julia Jung, Juergen Kempf, Wolfgang Weinmann Institute of Legal Medicine, Forensic Toxicology, University Hospital, Freiburg DA-p-13 Distribution characteristics of 2,5-dimethoxy-4-bromoamphetamine (DOB) in rats after oral and subcutaneous administration Katerina Berankova, Marie Balikova Institute of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University in Prague DA-p-14 Adulterants in Heroin Seized in the Canton Bern Switzerland Werner Bernhard, Alain Broillet, Franziska Luginbühl, Priska Regenscheit Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Bern, Buehlstrasse 20, 3012 Bern, Switzerland DA-p-15 Combined abuse of liquid ecstasy and amphetamines in duid cases Wolfgang Weinmann, Sebastian Dresen, Jürgen Kempf Institute of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Albertstr. 9, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany DA-p-16 Analysis of certain cannabinoid metabolites in urine samples from Hungary by GC/MS after alkaline and enzymatic hydrolysis Előd Hidvégi1, Edit Penczi1, Zsuzsa Hideg1, Douwe de Boer2, Gábor Somogyi1 1National Institute of Forensic Toxicology, Budapest, Hungary; 2Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands DA-p-17 Quantification of cocaine and benzoylecgonine in wastewater by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry: mapping cocaine abuse in the Belgian university city of Leuven Dieter Waumans, Steven Pauwels, Noël Bruneel, Jan Tytgat Laboratory of Toxicology, Campus Gasthuisberg, O&N2, Herestraat 49, P.O. Box 922, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium DA-p-18 Use of pectin as a drug screen adulterant and its detection by Intect® 7 Raphael C. Wong, Beckie Wong, Olivia Chan, Chan Patel Branan Medical Corporation DA-p-19 Drug Screening in Serum Samples with the Dade Behring Viva-E™ System Gertrud Rochholz, Agnes Heinemann, Cornelia Franzelius Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Germany DA-p-20 Chemical additives of street heroin in Cairo Dr. Abd El- Aziz Ghanim , Amal Abd El – Salam El – Bakary and Alaa Ali Hassan Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Mansoura University and Medicolegal Administration, Ministry of Justice, Egypt DA-p-21 Phenacetin is coming back! Marc Augsburger, Aurélie Bourdon, Frank Sporkert, and Patrice Mangin Institut Universitaire de Médecine Légale, Rue du Bugnon 21, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland DA-p-22 VIAGRA®, CIALIS® and LEVITRA® - the analysis of original and counterfeit tablets used to treat erectile dysfunction Dariusz Zuba Institute of Forensic Research, Westerplatte 9, 31033 Krakow, Poland DA-p-23 LSD, Magic Mushrooms and Peyote in Switzerland Werner Bernhard, Priska Regenscheit Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Bern, Buehlstrasse 20, 3012 Bern, Switzerland Top

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