The present disclosure is directed to methods reagents and kits for solid phase extraction, derivatization with crown ether containing derivatizing agents, and mass spectrometry of the derivatized analytes.

The subject invention provides materials and methods for single-step detection of target molecules in a sample. The methods and assays of the subject invention employ a dye-displacement strategy, in which aptamers complexed with a cyanine dye for sensitive and rapid detection of targets of interest. In the presence of a target, aptamer-target binding liberates the non-covalently bound aptamer-binding dye, resulting in optical changes that can be observed spectrophotometrically or with the naked eye. The methods and assays of the subject invention enable the colorimetric detection of targets of interest regardless of their structure, sequence, target-binding affinity, and physicochemical properties of their targets.

A method for quantification of the concentration of one or more cannabinoid compounds in a liquid sample is provided. The method involves contacting the liquid sample with at least one cannabinoid-sensitive visualization reagent, allowing the at least one cannabinoid-sensitive visualization reagent to develop for a defined amount of time; and comparing the resulting color change of the at least one cannabinoid-sensitive visualization reagent to a calibrated quantification reference chart.

A test strip main body with a sample section, colloidal gold pads, an NC film and a water absorption end in sequence; and the colloidal gold pads are of 3 to 8 layers. Compared with the prior art, the test strip has higher sensitivity, which is beneficial to detection of trace or low-concentration samples.

Composite nanomaterials including a carbon nanomaterial and an electrocatalyst are disclosed and shown to facilitate enhanced detection, via electro-oxidation, of phenolic analytes when applied to a sensing electrode, such as the working electrode of an electrochemical sensor. In other example embodiments, methods and devices for improved electrochemical detection of phenolic analytes are disclosed in which a sensor electrode is modified by the presence of graphene nanosheets. Such modified electrodes may be employed to provide working electrodes in electrochemical sensors for the rapid detection of cannabinoids and/or associated metabolites in saliva. In some example implementations, the nanocomposite or graphene nanosheets are functionalized with magnetic particles and provided in a suspension that is initially contacted with the sample prior to being magnetically drawn to the surface of the electrode for electrochemical processing.

A method for quantification of the concentration of one or more cannabinoid compounds in a liquid sample is provided. The method involves contacting the liquid sample with at least one cannabinoid-sensitive visualization reagent, allowing the at least one cannabinoid-sensitive visualization reagent to develop for a defined amount of time; and comparing the resulting color change of the at least one cannabinoid-sensitive visualization reagent to a calibrated quantification reference chart.

The present invention discloses a highly efficient method for detecting opioids, opiates, cannabinoids, or benzodiazepines present in a sample, comprising the steps of adding to said sample an enzyme with β-glucuronidase activity originated from genus Brachyspira or any mutant derived thereof; incubating the sample with the enzyme; and detecting said opioids, opiates, cannabinoids, or benzodiazepines by means of a suitable technique.

The disclosure provides a method for analyzing compounds extracted from Cannabis. The method comprises extracting cannabinoids or terpenes from a sample using a C.sub.1-C.sub.4 alcohol or C.sub.5-C.sub.8 solvent as an extraction solvent to produce a supernatant, drying the supernatant to produce a dried extract, and dissolving the dried extract in a second C.sub.1-C.sub.4 alcohol or C.sub.5-C.sub.8 solvent, separating the cannabinoids or terpenes by gas chromatography using a capillary column with hydrogen as a carrier gas; and detecting the cannabinoids or terpenes using a mass spectrometer. The disclosure also provides a method of determining an effect of one or more Cannabis-derived compounds on intracellular calcium concentration in a cell using a microfluidic device.

This invention is directed to non-invasive devices and methods to detect electrochemically active molecules in a fluid sample of a subject.

The present invention provides, inter alia, compositions, methods, and diagnostics for using CB2 cannabinoid receptor agonists for treating and preventing lysosomal storage disorders.