Marfey's reagent for chiral amino acid analysis: A review

Amino Acids

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 231-247

  Bhushan, R ^a,b   Bruckner H ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Amino acids, proteinogenic, non proteinogenic; Chiral variants; Enantiomeric resolution; HPLC; Marfey's reagent (1 Fluoro 2,4 dinitrophenyl 5 L alanine amide, FDAA); Pre column derivatization; Separation mechanisms

Indexed keywords

AMINE; AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; MARFEY REAGENT; PEPTIDE; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; BODY FLUID; CHIRALITY; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOMER; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

ALANINE; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY FLUIDS; CYSTEINE; DINITROBENZENES; HUMANS; PEPTIDES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 12144268411     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-004-0118-0     Document Type: Review

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