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The Khat and Meow Meow Tale : Teaching the Relevance of Chemistry through Novel Recreational Drugs
Fergus, Suzanne; Kellett, Kathryn; Gerhard, Ute (2015)Using current research and real-life scenarios to motivate students to understand chemistry principles is a key strategy in learning and teaching. An illustration of psychoactive drugs referred to as “legal highs” used in ... -
Method Development for the Determination of Elements in Hypericum perforatum L. (St John’s wort) Herb and Preparations using ICP-OES and Microwave Digestion
Owen, Jade; Evans, Sara; Guirguis, Amira; Kellett, Kathryn; Stair, Jacqueline (2017-05-31)Objectives: A method was developed to analyze St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) herb and preparations using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) to determine the quantity of 11 elements ... -
Native CB1 receptor affinity, intrinsic activity and accumbens shell dopamine stimulant properties of third generation SPICE/K2 cannabinoids : BB-22, 5F-PB-22, 5F-AKB-48 and STS-135
De Luca, Maria Antonietta; Castelli, M. Paola; Loi, Barbara; Porcu, Alessandra; Martorelli, Mariella; Miliano, Cristina; Kellett, Kathryn; Davidson, Colin; Stair, Jacqueline L.; Schifano, Fabrizio; Di Chiara, Gaetano (2016-06-01)In order to investigate the in vivo dopamine (DA) stimulant properties of selected 3rd generation Spice/K2 cannabinoids, BB-22, 5F-PB-22, 5F-AKB-48 and STS-135, their in vitro affinity and agonist potency at native rat and ... -
Small molecule recognition of mephedrone using an anthracene molecular clip
Kellett, Kathryn; Broome, J. Hugh; Zloh, Mire; Kirton, Stewart B.; Fergus, Suzanne; Gerhard, Ute; Stair, Jacqueline L.; Wallace, Karl J. (2016-05-16)An anthracene molecular probe has been synthesised and shown to target mephedrone, a stimulant drug from the cathinone class of new psychoactive substances (NPS). A protocol has been developed to detect mephedrone via the ...