Metabolism of β-endorphin in plasma studied by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-72

  Sandin, Johan ^a   Nylander, Ingrid ^b   Silberring, Jerzy ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

HPLC; Mass spectrometry; Metabolism; Plasma; Endorphin

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032472273     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-0115(97)01065-3     Document Type: Article

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