ISOLATION OF FUB-AMB FROM SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS IN HERBAL MIXTURES AT VIETNAM IN THE PERIOD OF 2016 - 2018
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Backgrounds: Synthetic cannabinoids are currently the largest group of new psychoactive substances and one of the most recent synthetic cannabinoids that have appeared in Vietnam is FUB-AMB. In this study, the first FUB-AMB compound in Vietnam was isolated and structure determined by spectroscopic analytical methods (UV, IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR). Subjects and methods:: Isolation and purity of FUB-AMB compounds used as working standard (substance). The samples of synthetic cannabinoids were collected from cases in Vietnam from 2016 to 2018, and then watered with methanol at 40°C, recovered solvent to get total methanol extract. Isolation of fractions from methanol extract by column chromatography to collect FUB-AMB. Results: FUB-AMB was collected from 10 g of total metanol extract with the purity were 98,34%. Conclusions: By chromatography methods, the compound FUB-AMB (1g) was isolated. From this result, FUB-AMB can be used as a standard substance in testing, contributing to the development of a method for analyzing narcotic drugs in the synthetic cannabinoids to support the drug crimes handling of the authorities.
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Synthetic cannabinoids, FUB-AMB, column chromatography, HPLC
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