A simple method for the gas-liquid chromatographic quantitation of human fecal bile acids and sterols is described where bile acids are subjected to n-butyl ester derivatization, without prior isolation from the stool, followed by trimethylsilylation of the sterols and bile acids. Under these conditions, bile acid derivatives are well resolved from each other and from the trimethylsilyl ether d...

R,S-4'-Methyl-alpha-pyrrolidinohexanophenone (MPHP) is a new designer drug which has appeared on the illicit drug market. The aim of this study was to identify the MPHP metabolites using solid-phase extraction, ethylation or acetylation, as well as to develop a toxicological detection procedure in urine using solid-phase extraction, trimethylsilylation and GC-MS. Analysis of urine samples of ra...

In order to explore potent derivatives of pradimicins (PRMs), modification of their C4'-amino group was carried out. 4'-N-Cyano (1,2), 4'-deamino-4'-nitroguanidino (4), 4'-deamino-4'-ureido (7-9) and 4'-deamino-4'-thioureido (10) derivatives were synthesized by trimethylsilylation of PRMs A and C, followed by condensation with appropriate reagents. 4'-Deamino-4'-guanidino (5) and 4'-deamino-4'-...