Analysis of endosulfan and its metabolites in rat plasma and selected tissue samples by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-52

  Chan, Melissa P L ^a   Mohd, Mustafa Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting effects; Endosulfan; GCMS; SPE

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TISSUE;

ENDOSULFAN; QUADRUPOLE DETECTORS; RAT PLASMA; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION (SPE);

METABOLITES;

ENDOSULFAN; ENDOSULFAN DIOL; ENDOSULFAN SULFATE; MAGNESIUM TRISILICATE; PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECTICIDE;

ENDOSULFAN; METABOLITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION MONITORING; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENDOSULFAN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECTICIDES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 19444364964     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20076     Document Type: Article

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