Determination of whole-body rotenone residues in the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2240-2243

  Mauldin, Richard E ^a   Furcolow, Carol A ^a   Johnston, John J ^a   Kimball, Bruce A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiga irregularis; Brown tree snake; High performance liquid chromatography; Rotenone; Solid phase extraction

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; ROTENONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GUAM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SNAKE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GUAM; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTENONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SNAKES;

EID: 0033946297     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf980753t     Document Type: Article

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