An updated look at the analysis of unsaturated C27 sterols by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1685-1701

  Gerst, Nicolas ^a   Ruan, Benfang ^a   Pang, Jihai ^a   Wilson, William K ^a   Schroepfer Jr , George J ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Column bleed; Column overloading; GC retention times; Ion abundances; Lability of sterols; Smith Lemli Opitz syndrome; Structure elucidation

Indexed keywords

UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION TRANSPORT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RELIABILITY; SMITH LEMLI OPITZ SYNDROME; STEROL SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACETATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; EVALUATION STUDIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; STEREOISOMERISM; STEROLS; TRIMETHYLSILYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0030800401     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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