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Simona Pichini is affiliated with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within the fields of Medicine and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, with significant contributions to the subfields of Toxicology, Pharmacology, Clinical Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The main topics covered in their work include Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Psychedelics and Drug Studies, Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects, Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies.

Simona Pichini has published research in several well-known scientific journals. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • PubMed
  • Journal of Analytical Toxicology
  • Biochimica Clinica

Their recent papers include:

  • Herbal Preparations of Medical Cannabis: A Vademecum for Prescribing Doctors (2020) published in Medicina
  • Development and validation of fast UHPLC-MS/MS screening method for 87 NPS and 32 other drugs of abuse in hair and nails: application to real cases (2020) published in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • A Comprehensive HPLC-MS-MS Screening Method for 77 New Psychoactive Substances, 24 Classic Drugs and 18 Related Metabolites in Blood, Urine and Oral Fluid (2020) published in Journal of Analytical Toxicology
  • Toxicology and Analysis of Psychoactive Tryptamines (2020) published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Hexahydrocannabinol Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Analysis: The First Evidence for a Recent New Psychoactive Substance (2023) published in Current Neuropharmacology

Simona Pichini often collaborates with a core group of researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Francesco Paolo Busardò
  • Annagiulia Di Trana
  • Emilia Marchei
  • Roberta Pacifici
  • Magí Farré

Best Publications

  • Cannabidiol Adverse Effects and Toxicity.

    Marilyn A Huestis;Renata Solimini;Simona Pichini;Roberta Pacifici

  • Clinical pharmacokinetics of amfetamine and related substances: monitoring in conventional and non-conventional matrices.

    Rafael de la Torre;Magí Farré;Mónica Navarro;Roberta Pacifici

  • A simple and reliable procedure for the determination of psychoactive drugs in oral fluid by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

    Mitona Pujadas;Simona Pichini;Ester Civit;Elena Santamariña

  • Usefulness of Saliva for Measurement of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine and Its Metabolites: Correlation with Plasma Drug Concentrations and Effect of Salivary pH

    Mèonica Navarro;Simona Pichini;Magí Farré;Jordi Ortuño

  • γ‐Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) in Humans

    Sergio Abanades;Magi Farré;Mireia Segura;Simona Pichini

  • Pharmacokinetics and cytokine production in heroin and morphine-treated mice

    Roberta Pacifici;Simonetta di Carlo;Antonella Bacosi;Simona Pichini

  • Metabolic Pathways and Potencies of New Fentanyl Analogs.

    Maurice Wilde;Simona Pichini;Roberta Pacifici;Adriano Tagliabracci

  • Drug Monitoring in Nonconventional Biological Fluids and Matrices

    Simona Pichini;Ilaria Altieri;Piergiorgio Zuccaro;Roberta Pacifici

  • Nicotine, cotinine, and trans-3-hydroxycotinine levels in seminal plasma of smokers: effects on sperm parameters.

    Roberta Pacifici;Ilaria Altieri;Loredana Gandini;Andrea Lenzi

  • Evaluation of cannabinoids concentration and stability in standardized preparations of cannabis tea and cannabis oil by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.

    Roberta Pacifici;Emilia Marchei;Francesco Salvatore;Luca Guandalini

  • Determination of maternal-fetal biomarkers of prenatal exposure to ethanol: a review.

    X. Joya;B. Friguls;B. Friguls;S. Ortigosa;S. Ortigosa;E. Papaseit

  • Method Development in Forensic Toxicology.

    Frank T Peters;Dirk K Wissenbach;Francesco Paolo Busardo;Emilia Marchei

  • Screening methods for rapid determination of new psychoactive substances (NPS) in conventional and non-conventional biological matrices

    Silvia Graziano;Luca Anzillotti;Giulio Mannocchi;Simona Pichini

  • 13C/12C Isotope ratio MS analysis of testosterone, in chemicals and pharmaceutical preparations

    X de la Torre;J.C González;S Pichini;J.A Pascual

  • Ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate in meconium and hair-potential biomarkers of intrauterine exposure to ethanol

    Luca Morini;E. Marchei;F. Vagnarelli;O. Garcia Algar

  • Acute effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine alone and in combination with ethanol on the immune system in humans.

    R Pacifici;P Zuccaro;C Hernandez López;S Pichini

  • Liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry assay for determination of nicotine and metabolites, caffeine and arecoline in breast milk.

    Manuela Pellegrini;Emilia Marchei;Silvia Rossi;Federica Vagnarelli

  • Simultaneous Determination of Heroin, 6-Monoacetylmorphine, Morphine, and its Glucuronides by Liquid Chromatography-Atmospheric Pressure Ionspray-Mass Spectrometry

    P Zuccaro;R Ricciarello;S Pichini;R Pacifici

  • Cytokine production in blood mononuclear cells from epileptic patients.

    R Pacifici;L Paris;S Di Carlo;A Bacosi

  • Drugs in Semen

    Simona Pichini;Piergiorgio Zuccaro;Roberta Pacifici

  • A comprehensive review of assay methods to determine drugs in breast milk and the safety of breastfeeding when taking drugs.

    Bibiana Fríguls;Xavier Joya;Oscar García-Algar;C. R. Pallás

  • Simultaneous determination of epirubicin, doxorubicin and their principal metabolites in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography and electrochemical detection.

    R Ricciarello;S Pichini;R Pacifici;I Altieri

Frequent Co-Authors

Magí Farré
Magí Farré Autonomous University of Barcelona
Rafael de la Torre
Rafael de la Torre Pompeu Fabra University
Jordi Segura
Jordi Segura Pompeu Fabra University
José A. Pascual
José A. Pascual Spanish National Research Council
Jordi Sunyer
Jordi Sunyer Pompeu Fabra University
Mario Plebani
Mario Plebani University of Padua
Fabio Pizza
Fabio Pizza University of Bologna
Francesco Salvatore
Francesco Salvatore University of Naples Federico II
Stefano Vella
Stefano Vella Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Marta Torrens
Marta Torrens Autonomous University of Barcelona

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