Monitoring of in vitro and in vivo exposure to sulfur mustard by GC/MS determination of the N-terminal valine adduct in hemoglobin after a modified Edman degradation

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 788-792

  Fidder, Alex ^a   Noort, Daan ^a   De Jong, Ad L ^a   Trap, Hendrik C ^a   De Jong, Leo P A ^a   Benschop, Hendrik P ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; MUSTARD GAS; THIOHYDANTOIN DERIVATIVE; VALINE;

ALKYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; DNA ADDUCT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; LD 50; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ALKYLATION; ANIMALS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; FLUOROCARBONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GUINEA PIGS; HEMOGLOBINS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISOTHIOCYANATES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MUSTARD GAS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SULFUR RADIOISOTOPES; THIOCYANATES; VALINE;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029954759     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx9502150     Document Type: Article

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