High-throughput quantification of emerging “nitazene” benzimidazole opioids by microextraction

Nitazenes are resurfacing on the black market after more than 70 years hiding in the cupboards of drug development laboratories. These highly potent synthetic opioids are partially unregulated and generally not included in toxicology screenings. In this work, liquid-phase microextraction (LPME) was used to develop a quantitative method for rapid determination of nine nitazene analogs from whole blood.

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