Synthesis and mass spectrometric identification of the major amino acid adducts formed between sulphur mustard and haemoglobin in human blood

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 171-178

  Noort, Daan ^a   Hulst, Albert G ^a   Trap, Hendrik C ^a   De Jong, Leo P A ^a   Benschop, Hendrik P ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adducts; Haemoglobin; LKC tandem Ms; Multiple reaction monitoring; Sulphur mustard

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; MUSTARD GAS;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

AMINO ACIDS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYDROXYEICOSATETRAENOIC ACIDS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MUSTARD GAS; SULFUR RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0031058397     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002040050372     Document Type: Article

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