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Quantitation of hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and metabolites in blood from DUID cases
Linköping University, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Natl Board Forens Med, Dept Forens Genet & Forens Toxicol, Artillerigatan 12, S-58758 Linköping, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4222-9597
Natl Board Forens Med, Dept Forens Genet & Forens Toxicol, Artillerigatan 12, S-58758 Linköping, Sweden.
Linköping University, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Natl Board Forens Med, Dept Forens Genet & Forens Toxicol, Artillerigatan 12, S-58758 Linköping, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8015-5728
Univ Florida, FL 32607 USA.
2024 (English)In: Journal of Analytical Toxicology, ISSN 0146-4760, E-ISSN 1945-2403, Vol. 48, no 4, p. 235-241Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) was first reported in the EU in May 2022. HHC has three chiral carbon atoms, but only (6aR,9R,10aR)-HHC (9R-HHC) and (6aR,9S,10aR)-HHC (9S-HHC) have been encountered in HHC products. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a method for the quantitative analysis of 9R-HHC, 9S-HHC, 11-OH-9R-HHC, 9R-HHC-COOH, 9S-HHC-COOH and 8-OH-9R-HHC. In addition, an objective was to investigate the immunochemical cross-reactivity. Blood samples from driving under the influence of drugs (DUID) cases screened positive for cannabis using enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay (ELISA) and confirmed negative for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), 11-hydroxy-THC and THC-COOH were reanalyzed with a newly validated HHC method to investigate the presence of HHC and metabolites. The LC-MS-MS method was validated for matrix effects, lower limit of quantification (LLOQ), calibration model, precision, bias and autosampler stability. Cross-reactivity on an ELISA method was investigated separately for 9R-HHC-COOH and 9S-HHC-COOH at a concentration range between 5 and 200 ng/mL. The cross-reactivity was found to be 120% for 9R-HHC-COOH and 48% for 9S-HHC-COOH. In the LC-MS-MS method, 9R-HHC-COOH, 9S-HHC-COOH and 11-OH-9R-HHC showed matrix effects <25% at both concentrations, while 8-OH-9R-HHC, 9R-HHC and 9S-HHC matrix effects exceeded 25% at both concentrations but showed good precision (<10% for both inter and intra day) and low bias (<6%) in the further validation. The LLOQ was investigated and established at 0.2 ng/mL for all analytes except the carboxylated metabolites that had an LLOQ of 2.0 ng/mL. The upper LOQ was 20 and 200 ng/mL, respectively. Reanalysis of cases (n = 145) confirmed HHC and metabolites in 32 cases (22%). It was determined that the major metabolite in blood after administration of HHC was 9R-HHC-COOH followed by 11-OH-9R-HHC and that presumptive positive cases are caught by the routine ELISA screening for cannabis.

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC , 2024. Vol. 48, no 4, p. 235-241
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-203248DOI: 10.1093/jat/bkae030ISI: 001209954200001PubMedID: 38581662Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85193964630OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-203248DiVA, id: diva2:1856303
Available from: 2024-05-06 Created: 2024-05-06 Last updated: 2025-02-04Bibliographically approved

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