Determination of pineal melatonin by precolumn derivatization reversed- phase high-performance liquid chromatography and its application to the study of circadian rhythm in rats and mice

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 106-110

  Hamase, Kenji ^a   Tomita, Tatsunosuke ^a   Kiyomizu, Ayako ^a   Zaitsu, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Derivatization; Fluorescence; HPLC; Melatonin; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RATS;

DERIVATIZATIONS; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; FLUORESCENCE DETECTOR; HPLC; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; PRECOLUMN DERIVATIZATIONS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

HORMONES;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DERIVATIZATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034018602     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abio.1999.4435     Document Type: Article

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