Direct Method for the Quantification of Free Saturated Fatty Acids in Tobacco

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1278-1282

  Ai, Jiu ^a  

^a US Tobacco Mfg Company Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas chromatography; Saturated fatty acids; Selected reaction monitoring; Tandem mass spectrometry; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0010044983     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960423d     Document Type: Article

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