Background: Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is already considered one of the most addictive substances since an increasing number of consumers/abusers of THC and THC based products are observed worldwide. In this work, the capabilities of a novel miniaturized and portable MicroNIR spectrometer were investigated in order to propose a practical and intelligible test allowing the rapid and easy screening of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) oral fluids without any pretreatment. Methods: Specimens from volunteers were collected in order to consider any sources of variability in the spectral response and spiked with increasing amount of THC in order to realize predictive models to be used in real cases. Partial Least Square-Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) and Partial Least Square regression (PLSr) for the simultaneously detection and quantification of THC, were applied to baseline corrected spectra pre-treated by first derivative transform. Results: Results demonstrated that MicroNIR/Chemometric platform is statistically able to identify THC abuse in simulated oral fluid samples containing THC from 10 to 100 ng/ml, with a precision and a sensitivity of about 1.51% and 0.1% respectively. Conclusions: The coupling MicroNIR/Chemometrics permits to simplify THC abuse monitoring for roadside drug testing or workplace surveillance and provides the rapid interpretation of results, as once the model is assessed, it can be used to process real samples in a “click-on” device.

MicroNIR/Chemometrics: a new analytical platform for fast and accurate detection of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in oral fluids / Risoluti, R.; Gullifa, G.; Battistini, A.; Materazzi, S.. - In: DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE. - ISSN 0376-8716. - 205:(2019). [10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107578]

MicroNIR/Chemometrics: a new analytical platform for fast and accurate detection of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in oral fluids

Risoluti R.
;
Gullifa G.;Materazzi S.
2019

Abstract

Background: Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is already considered one of the most addictive substances since an increasing number of consumers/abusers of THC and THC based products are observed worldwide. In this work, the capabilities of a novel miniaturized and portable MicroNIR spectrometer were investigated in order to propose a practical and intelligible test allowing the rapid and easy screening of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) oral fluids without any pretreatment. Methods: Specimens from volunteers were collected in order to consider any sources of variability in the spectral response and spiked with increasing amount of THC in order to realize predictive models to be used in real cases. Partial Least Square-Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) and Partial Least Square regression (PLSr) for the simultaneously detection and quantification of THC, were applied to baseline corrected spectra pre-treated by first derivative transform. Results: Results demonstrated that MicroNIR/Chemometric platform is statistically able to identify THC abuse in simulated oral fluid samples containing THC from 10 to 100 ng/ml, with a precision and a sensitivity of about 1.51% and 0.1% respectively. Conclusions: The coupling MicroNIR/Chemometrics permits to simplify THC abuse monitoring for roadside drug testing or workplace surveillance and provides the rapid interpretation of results, as once the model is assessed, it can be used to process real samples in a “click-on” device.
2019
chemometrics; microNIR; screening; THC; toxicology
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MicroNIR/Chemometrics: a new analytical platform for fast and accurate detection of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in oral fluids / Risoluti, R.; Gullifa, G.; Battistini, A.; Materazzi, S.. - In: DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE. - ISSN 0376-8716. - 205:(2019). [10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107578]
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