Synthesis and characterization of peptide adducts for use in monitoring human exposure to acrylonitrile and ethylene oxide

Teratogenesis Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 139-148

  Lawrence, R M ^a   Sweetman, G M A ^a   Tavares, R ^b   Farmer, P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acrylonitrile; Edman degradation; Ethylene oxide; Hemoglobin; Human exposure; Mass spectrometry; Peptide adducts

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE; ETHYLENE OXIDE; HEMOGLOBIN DERIVATIVE; TRIPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE;

ACRYLONITRILE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHYLENE OXIDE; HEMOGLOBINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEPTIDES;

EID: 0030481805     PISSN: 02703211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6866(1996)16:3<139::AID-TCM1>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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