A routine method for the simultaneous measurement of retinol, α-tocopherol and five carotenoids in human plasma by reverse phase HPLC

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-100

  Talwar, Dinesh ^a   Ha, Tom K K ^a   Cooney, Josephine ^a   Brownlee, Christine ^a   St JO'Reilly, Denis ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Ascorbic acid; Free radicals; Reference ranges

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; RETINOL ACETATE; XANTHOPHYLL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ADULT; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRUG STABILITY; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 0032559612     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(97)00224-6     Document Type: Article

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