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Page R, Jauncey M, Brett J, Wood W, Roxburgh A. The role of on-site drug analysis within supervised injecting facilities: A case presentation of an adverse event highlighting need. Drug Alcohol Rev 2024. [PMID: 39031451 DOI: 10.1111/dar.13909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 07/04/2024] [Indexed: 07/22/2024]
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INTRODUCTION The Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre provides a safe, non-judgemental space where people can inject pre-obtained substances under the supervision of trained staff. This article describes an unusual incident occurring at the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in January 2023. CASE PRESENTATION Two regular male clients attending the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre injected a substance they believed to be cocaine. Both clients experienced adverse reactions; one was transported to hospital, while the other became extremely distressed and agitated. Paraphernalia sent for testing returned a result of tiletamine (a dissociative used in veterinary medicine) and no cocaine, 30 h after the incident. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS Where substances are novel or unknown, adverse events are often unexpected and may be more difficult to prepare for. Substance-induced acute agitation can be alarming and hazardous for people consuming drugs and those around them and may pose challenges for staff. There is a substantial evidence base for the benefits of on-site drug analysis and drug checking in reducing harms related to drug use, and in enhancing drug market monitoring. This incident was successfully managed by Medically Supervised Injecting Centre and hospital staff, with no major consequence, however clinical management could have been improved using point of care drug testing.
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- Robert Page
- Drug and Alcohol Services, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre, Sydney, Australia
- Discipline of Addiction Medicine, the Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Drug Health Service, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre, Sydney, Australia
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- Discipline of Addiction Medicine, the Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Harm and Risk Reduction, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia
- Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Rudnicki K, Budzyńska S, Skrzypek S, Poltorak L. Comparative electrochemical study of veterinary drug danofloxacin at glassy carbon electrode and electrified liquid-liquid interface. Sci Rep 2024; 14:14489. [PMID: 38914687 PMCID: PMC11196252 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-65246-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024] Open
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This work compares the electroanalytical performance of two electroanalytical systems based on (1) the glassy carbon electrode (GCE), and (2) the electrified liquid-liquid interface (eLLI), for the detection of fluoroquinolone antibiotic-danofloxacin (DANO). Our aim was to define the optimal conditions to detect the chosen analyte with two employed systems, extract a number of electroanalytical parameters, study the mechanism of the charge transfer reactions (oxidation at GCE and ion transfer across the eLLI), and to provide physicochemical constants for DANO. Detection of the chosen analyte was also performed in the spiked milk samples. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work that directly compares the electroanalytical parameters obtained with solid electrode (in this case GCE) and eLLI. We have found that for DANO the latter provides better electroanalytical parameters (lower LOD and LOQ) as well as good selectivity when the milk was analyzed.
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- Konrad Rudnicki
- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Electrochemistry@Soft Interface Team, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, Tamka 12, 91-403, Łódź, Poland.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 75, 60-625, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Electrochemistry@Soft Interface Team, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, Tamka 12, 91-403, Łódź, Poland
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Electrochemistry@Soft Interface Team, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, Tamka 12, 91-403, Łódź, Poland.
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Xu Z, You Y, Bai S, Wang L, Liu C. Microliquid/Liquid Interfacial Sensors: Biomimetic Investigation of Transmembrane Mechanisms and Real-Time Determinations of Clemastine, Cyproheptadine, Epinastine, Cetirizine, and Desloratadine. Anal Chem 2024; 96:6599-6608. [PMID: 38640514 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c05640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
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Antihistamines relieve allergic symptoms by inhibiting the action of histamine. Further understanding of antihistamine transmembrane mechanisms and optimizing the selectivity and real-time monitoring capabilities of drug sensors is necessary. In this study, a micrometer liquid/liquid (L/L) interfacial sensor has served as a biomimetic membrane to investigate the mechanism of interfacial transfer of five antihistamines, i.e., clemastine (CLE), cyproheptadine (CYP), epinastine (EPI), desloratadine (DSL), and cetirizine (CET), and realize the real-time determinations. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) techniques have been used to uncover the electrochemical transfer behavior of the five antihistamines at the L/L interface. Additionally, finite element simulations (FEMs) have been employed to reveal the thermodynamics and kinetics of the process. Visualization of antihistamine partitioning in two phases at different pH values can be realized by ion partition diagrams (IPDs). The IPDs also reveal the transfer mechanism at the L/L interface and provide effective lipophilicity at different pH values. Real-time determinations of these antihistamines have been achieved through potentiostatic chronoamperometry (I-t), exhibiting good selectivity with the addition of nine common organic or inorganic compounds in living organisms and revealing the potential for in vivo pharmacokinetics. Besides providing a satisfactory surrogate for studying the transmembrane mechanism of antihistamines, this work also sheds light on micro- and nano L/L interfacial sensors for in vivo analysis of pharmacokinetics at a single-cell or single-organelle level.
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- Zhidan Xu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
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- Center for Advanced Analytical Science, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Sensing Materials & Devices, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Photoelectric Sensing Materials and Devices, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Sobczak K, Rudnicki K, Poltorak L. Electrochemical screening of selected β-blockers at a polarized liquid-liquid interface. Analyst 2024; 149:2363-2373. [PMID: 38454902 DOI: 10.1039/d3an02051g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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This paper describes the electrochemical behavior of five β-blockers at the polarized liquid-liquid interface formed between aqueous solution (sodium chloride solution or Britton-Robinson buffers) and bis(triphenylphosphoranylidene)ammonium tetrakis(4-chlorophenyl)borate (BTPPATPBCl) dissolved in 1,2-dichloroethane (the organic phase). All measurements reported in this work were conducted using cyclic voltammetry (CV). The effects of the concentration of analytes, the pH of the aqueous phase, and applied electrochemical parameters on the analytical performance of the studied system are studied and discussed. The linear dynamic ranges (LDRs) of the studied β-blockers were in the range of 5-200 μmol L-1 and the lowest limit of detection (LOD) value was determined for pindolol (LOD = 1.96 μM μmol L-1). The highest LOD value was 4.96 μmol L-1 found for nebivolol. In addition, physicochemical parameters such as the formal Galvani potential difference (Δaqorgϕ), formal Gibbs free energies of the ion transfer reaction (ΔaqorgG') and partition coefficients (log P'aq/org) for all studied molecules were determined. The latter were compared and correlated with the available literature values of log Poctanol. Finally, a standard addition method was used to determine the concentration of nebivolol in pharmaceutical preparations using a platform based on the electrified liquid-liquid interface.
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- Karolina Sobczak
- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Electroanalysis and Electrochemistry Group, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, Tamka 12, 91-403 Lodz, Poland.
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Electroanalysis and Electrochemistry Group, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, Tamka 12, 91-403 Lodz, Poland.
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Electroanalysis and Electrochemistry Group, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, Tamka 12, 91-403 Lodz, Poland.
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Balamurugan TST, Stelmaszczyk P, Wietecha-Posłuszny R, Poltorak L. Electroanalytical characterization of clozapine at the electrified liquid-liquid interface and its detection in soft and hard drinks. Analyst 2024; 149:2073-2083. [PMID: 38415352 DOI: 10.1039/d3an02188b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Clozapine (CZ) is a prescribed benzodiazepine psychiatric drug that is often possessed as an illicit drug and is associated with drug-facilitated sexual assaults (DFSA) due to its strong sedative capabilities. Hence, we propose an electrified liquid-liquid interface (eLLI) based transducing element as an alternative electroanalytical platform for rapid screening of CZ in soft and hard drinks which is habitually associated with DFSA crimes. First, molecular partitioning and the effect of chemical composition, pH, and the presence of ethanol in the biphasic configuration of the aqueous phase on the interfacial behaviour and analytical performance of the CZ at the eLLI have been investigated with voltammetry. Next, the electrochemical profiles of various soft and hard drinks were studied at the eLLI. The eLLI-based CZ sensor has shown a broad dynamic range (15-150 μM), lower detection limits (1μM), and adequate reliability towards rapid CZ screening in spiked soft and hard drink samples with reference to the standard chromatographic analysis.
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- Thangaraj S T Balamurugan
- Electrochemistry@Soft Interfaces Team, Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, Tamka 12, 91-403, Lodz, Poland.
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- Laboratory for Forensic Chemistry, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387, Krakow, Poland
- Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387, Krakow, Poland
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- Laboratory for Forensic Chemistry, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387, Krakow, Poland
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- Electrochemistry@Soft Interfaces Team, Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, Tamka 12, 91-403, Lodz, Poland.
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Sudalaimani S, Arun S, Esokkiya A, Sanjeev Kumar K, Sivakumar C, Giribabu K. Disposable-micropipette tip supported electrified liquid-organogel interface as a platform for sensing acetylcholine. Analyst 2023; 148:1451-1459. [PMID: 36804568 DOI: 10.1039/d2an01663j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Sensing acetylcholine has been predominantly based on enzymatic strategies using acetylcholine esterase and choline oxidase because of its electrochemical inertness. Electrified liquid-liquid interfaces are not limited to oxidation/reduction processes, and can be utilized to detect non-redox molecules which cannot be detected using conventional solid electrodes. In this study, a disposable micropipette tip based liquid-organogel interface, in the presence/absence of calixarene has been developed as a platform for sensing acetylcholine. We also explored a liquid-liquid interface approach for sensing acetylcholine using a pre-pulled glass micropipette. In both approaches, the configuration, i.e., liquid-organogel and liquid-liquid interface-current linearly increases during the backward transfer of acetylcholine. The simple and facilitated ion transfer of acetylcholine across the liquid-organogel exhibited a linear range of 10-50 μM and 1-30 μM with a detection limit of 0.18 μM and 0.23 μM and a sensitivity of 9.52 nA μM-1 and 9.20 nA μM-1, respectively. Whereas, the detection limit of simple and facilitated ion transfer of liquid-liquid interface using pre-pulled glass micropipette was found to be 0.42 μM and 0.13 μM with a sensitivity of 5 × 10-3 nA μM-1 and 3.39 × 10-2 nA μM-1. The results indicate that the liquid-organogel configuration supported on a disposable micropipette tip without any pre-fabrication is highly suitable for electrified soft interface sensing applications.
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- S Sudalaimani
- Electrodics and Electrocatalysis Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi-630 003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Electrodics and Electrocatalysis Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi-630 003, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Electrodics and Electrocatalysis Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi-630 003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Electrodics and Electrocatalysis Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi-630 003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Electrodics and Electrocatalysis Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi-630 003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Electrodics and Electrocatalysis Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi-630 003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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Tasić ŽZ, Petrović Mihajlović MB, Simonović AT, Radovanović MB, Antonijević MM. Recent Advances in Electrochemical Sensors for Caffeine Determination. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 22:9185. [PMID: 36501886 PMCID: PMC9735645 DOI: 10.3390/s22239185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The determination of target analytes at very low concentrations is important for various fields such as the pharmaceutical industry, environmental protection, and the food industry. Caffeine, as a natural alkaloid, is widely consumed in various beverages and medicines. Apart from the beneficial effects for which it is used, caffeine also has negative effects, and for these reasons it is very important to determine its concentration in different mediums. Among numerous analytical techniques, electrochemical methods with appropriate sensors occupy a special place since they are efficient, fast, and entail relatively easy preparation and measurements. Electrochemical sensors based on carbon materials are very common in this type of research because they are cost-effective, have a wide potential range, and possess relative electrochemical inertness and electrocatalytic activity in various redox reactions. Additionally, these types of sensors could be modified to improve their analytical performances. The data available in the literature on the development and modification of electrochemical sensors for the determination of caffeine are summarized and discussed in this review.
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Heroin detection in a droplet hosted in a 3D printed support at the miniaturized electrified liquid-liquid interface. Sci Rep 2022; 12:18615. [PMID: 36329050 PMCID: PMC9633610 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-21689-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Simple sensing protocols for the detection of illicit drugs are needed. Electrochemical sensing is especially attractive in this respect, as its cost together with the analytical accuracy aspires to replace still frequently used colorimetric tests. In this work, we have shown that the interfacial transfer of protonated heroin can be followed at the electrified water-1,2-dichloroethane interface. We have comprehensively studied the interfacial behavior of heroin alone and in the presence of its major and abundant cutting agents, caffeine and paracetamol. To maximally increase developed sensing protocol applicability we have designed and 3D printed a platform requiring only a few microliters of the aqueous and the organic phase. The proposed sensing platform was equipped with a cavity hosting a short section of Ag/AgCl electrode, up to 20 µL of the aqueous phase and the end of the micropipette tip being used as a casing of a fused silica capillary having 25 µm as the internal pore diameter. The volume of the organic phase was equal to around 5 µL and was present inside the micropipette tip. We have shown that under optimized conditions heroin can be detected in the presence of caffeine and paracetamol existing in a sample with 10,000 times excess over the analyte of interest. The calculated limit of detection equal to 1.3 µM, linear dynamic range spanning to at least 50 µM, good reproducibility, and very low volume of needed sample is fully in line with forensic demands.
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Autopsy Findings and Toxicological Results of Two Cases of Sudden Death due to Intoxication by Lidocaine. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL: REPORTS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fsir.2022.100292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Salman M, Lee SH, Jeshycka S, Lee JS, Lee HW, Lee HJ. Voltammetric Study of Lomefloxacin Transfer at the Interface between Two Immiscible Electrolyte Solutions: Ionic Partition, Photodegradation, and Sensing Applications. ChemElectroChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202200614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Kyungpook National University Chemistry KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
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- Kyungpook National University Chemistry KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
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- Kyungpook National University Chemistry KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
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- Kyungpook National University Chemistry 1370 Snakyuk-dongdaehak, Bukgu 702-701 Daegu KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
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