Quantitative determination of faecal fatty acids and triglycerides by Fourier transform infrared analysis with a sodium chloride transmission flow cell

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 795-798

  Voortman, Gerrit ^a   Gerrits, Jan ^a   Altavilla, Maurizio ^a   Henning, Maurice ^a   van Bergeijk, Leo ^a   Hessels, Jan ^a  

^a TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Faecal fatty acids; Faecal triglycerides; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR); Steatorrhoea

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; FECES LIPID; HEXANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPID ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEATORRHEA; TITRIMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS; CALIBRATION; CELIAC DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FECES; FRACTIONATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS DISEASE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CALIBRATION; CELIAC DISEASE; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; FATTY ACIDS; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEXANES; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DISEASES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0036380648     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2002.137     Document Type: Article

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