Development of a new high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometric method for the analysis of ecdysteroids in biological extracts

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 21-31

  Wainwright, G ^a   Prescott, M C ^a   Lomas, L O ^a   Webster, S G ^b   Rees, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization; Ecdysteroids; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001844546     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1997)35:1/2<21::aid-arch3>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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