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Development of a psilocin immunoassay for serum and blood samples

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Legal Medicine, August 2004
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Title
Development of a psilocin immunoassay for serum and blood samples
Published in
International Journal of Legal Medicine, August 2004
DOI 10.1007/s00414-004-0469-9
Pubmed ID
Authors

C. Albers, H. Köhler, M. Lehr, B. Brinkmann, J. Beike

Abstract

After the immunisation of rabbits with a psilocin-specific immunogen, polyclonal antisera were obtained. With these antisera a competitive, heterogeneous radioimmunoassay for the detection of psilocin was developed. As tracer a derivative of psilocin was synthesised, which contained a tritiated CH(3) group. The antisera showed a specific reaction with psilocin. The cross-reactivity of structurally related endogenous substances like serotonin, tryptophan and tyrosine was below 0.01%. Also common drugs of abuse (Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol, cocaine, morphine, amphetamine) showed negligible cross-reactivity (0.01-2%). Only tricyclic neuroleptics with a (dimethylamino)ethyl side-chain showed some cross-reactivity (20%). Spiked serum and blood samples were analysed with this new immunoassay and the results obtained were compared with the values measured with a validated GC-MS method.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 3%
Unknown 36 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 7 19%
Student > Bachelor 7 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 8%
Other 3 8%
Other 4 11%
Unknown 9 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 19%
Neuroscience 5 14%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 11%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 5%
Other 5 14%
Unknown 11 30%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 January 2022.
All research outputs
#3,779,069
of 23,025,074 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Legal Medicine
#176
of 2,088 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#7,853
of 54,187 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Legal Medicine
#2
of 3 outputs
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