Rat liver and kidney catechol-O-methyltransferase activity measured by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection

Biomedical Chromatography

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 536-541

  Tsunoda, Makoto ^a   Takezawa, Kazuko ^a   Masuda, Mayumi ^a   Imai, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONES; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHENOLS; RATS;

CATECHOL-O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH FLUORESCENCE DETECTIONS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-FLUORESCENCE; MEASUREMENTS OF; MEMBRANE-BOUND; METHYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY; PEROXYOXALATE-CHEMILUMINESCENCE; RAT KIDNEYS; RAT LIVERS; SENSITIVE METHOD;

PROTEINS;

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; NORADRENALIN; PEROXIDE;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CATECHOLAMINE METABOLISM; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KIDNEY METABOLISM; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; RAT; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0036924382     PISSN: 02693879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmc.202     Document Type: Review

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