BACKGROUND Aroma, Spice, K2 and Dream are examples of a class of new and increasingly popular recreational drugs. Ostensibly branded "herbal incense", they have been intentionally adulterated with synthetic cannabinoids such as JWH-018 in order to confer on them cannabimimetic psychoactive properties while circumventing drug legislation. JWH-018 is a potent cannabinoid receptor agonist. Little ...

A single somatic mutation, V617F, in Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) is one of the causes of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), including primary myelofibrosis, and the JAK2V617F mutant kinase is a therapeutic target in MPN. However, inhibition of wild-type (WT) JAK2 can decrease the erythrocyte or platelet (PLT) count. Our selective JAK2 inhibitor, NS-018, suppressed the growth of Ba/F3 cells harborin...

Synthetic cannabinoid drugs do not cross react on traditional marijuana immunoassay tests, preventing their use in large scale drug screening programs. This paper describes the validation and performance characteristics of two enzyme linked immunosorbent assays designed to detect the use of two common synthetic cannabinoids in urine, JWH-018 and JWH-250. The JWH-018 assay has significant cross-...

Synthetic cannabinoids JWH-018, JWH-073 and AM2201 were metabolised by the fungus Cunninghamella elegans. In this article, data on individual metabolites of their retention times, mass accuracies, major product ions and structures indicated by product ions are presented. The data in this article is related to "Biotransformation of synthetic cannabinoids JWH-018, JWH-073 and AM2201 by Cunningham...

BACKGROUND K2 products are synthetic cannabinoid-laced, marijuana-like drugs of abuse, use of which is often associated with clinical symptoms atypical of marijuana use, including hypertension, agitation, hallucinations, psychosis, seizures and panic attacks. JWH-018, a prevalent K2 synthetic cannabinoid, is structurally distinct from Δ(9)-THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Sin...

SANJANA KURUWA*, VASNA JOSHUA**, VANAJA SHETTY*** & NERGES MISTRY**** *Research Assistant, The Foundation for Medical Research 84-A, R. G. Thadani Marg, Worli, Mumbai 400 018, India **Scientist B, National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE), R127, 3rd Avenue, TNHB, Ayyappakkam, Chennai600077, India ***Senior Scientist, The Foundation for Medical Research 84-A, R. G. Thadani Marg, Worli, Mumbai 400...

JWH-018 and AKB48 are two synthetic cannabinoids (SCBs) belonging to different structural classes and illegally marketed as incense, herbal preparations, or chemical supply for theirs psychoactive cannabis-like effects. Clinical reports from emergency room reported psychomotor agitation as one of the most frequent effects in people assuming SCBs. This study aimed to investigate the psychostimul...

The major portion of the ribose and deoxyribose of the RNA and DNA of Escherichia coli does not arise from the oxidative pathway leading from hexose to pentose.1l3 At least 70 per cent of the pentose arises from nonoxidative pathways in which glucose is converted to triose by the Embden-Meyerhof pathway.4 Triose, in the form of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, then receives a two-carbon unit from a ...

Products containing naphthalen-1-yl-(1-pentylindol-3-yl) methanone (JWH-018) and naphthalen-1-yl-(1-butylindol-3-yl) methanone (JWH-073) are emerging drugs of abuse. Here, the behavioral effects of JWH-018 and JWH-073 were examined in one behavioral assay selective for cannabinoid agonism, rhesus monkeys (n 4) discriminating -tetrahydrocannabinol ( -THC; 0.1 mg/kg i.v.), and another assay sensi...