Revisiting the development of the Bligh and Dyer total lipid determination method

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-201

  Smedes, Foppe ^a   Askland, Torsten K ^a,b  

^a National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

^b LEO PHARMA A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; METHANOL; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOLVENT;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LIPID; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0032956929     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00170-2     Document Type: Article

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