Simultaneous determination of tissue tocopherols, tocotrienols, ubiquinols, and ubiquinones

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 893-901

  Podda, Maurizio ^a,b   Weber, Christine ^a,c   Traber, Maret G ^a   Packer, Lester ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

coenzyme Q; electrochemical detection; HPLC; method; tissue; vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; UBIQUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029920697     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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