Determination of 5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid and folic acid in citrus juices using stable isotope dilution - Mass spectrometry

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1293-1296

  Thomas, Paul M ^a   Flanagan, Vincent P ^a   Pawlosky, Robert J ^a,b  

^a BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Methyltetrahydrofolic acid; Citrus; Electrospray ionization; Folic acid; Isotope dilution; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; 5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE; FOLIC ACID; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS FRUIT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDICATOR DILUTION CURVE; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PURIFICATION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

BEVERAGES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CITRUS; FOLIC ACID; FRUIT; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

CITRUS;

EID: 0037467014     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf020902e     Document Type: Article

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