A quantitative stable-isotope LC-MS method for the determination of folic acid in fortified foods

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1282-1286

  Pawlosky, Robert J ^a,b   Flanagan, Vincent P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospray ionization; Folic acid; Fortified foods; Isotope dilution; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CARBON 13; FOLIC ACID; PHOSPHATE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EVALUATION; EXTRACTION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TECHNIQUE;

AVENA SATIVA; CARBON ISOTOPES; CEREALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FOLIC ACID; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD, FORTIFIED; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; ZEA MAYS;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0034830356     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf001172i     Document Type: Article

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