Determination of free and glucuronated hexane metabolites without prior hydrolysis by liquid- and gas-chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 225-231

  Manini, Paola ^a   Andreoli, Roberta ^a   Mutti, Antonio ^a   Bergamaschi, Enrico ^a   Franchini, Innocente ^a  

^a Dept Clin Med Nephrology H ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry; n Hexane; Phase I and Phase II metabolites

Indexed keywords

ACETONYLACETONE; ALKANONE; DICHLOROMETHANE; GLUCURONIDE; HEXANE; HEXANOL; LACTONE;

ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENZYMES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUCURONATES; HEXANES; HEXANOLS; HEXANONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032871029     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(99)00093-4     Document Type: Article

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