Erythrocyte folate extraction and quantitative determination by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry: Comparison of results with microbiologic assay

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2318-2325

  Fazili, Zia ^a   Pfeiffer, Christine M ^a,b   Zhang, Ming ^a   Jain, Ram ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYTOSINE; FOLATE DIGLUTAMATE; FOLATE MONOGLUTAMATE; FOLIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PTEROPTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; DECONJUGATION; ERYTHROCYTE; EVALUATION; EXTRACTION; FREEZING; GENE; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSATE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; MTHFR GENE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CALIBRATION; CELL EXTRACTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ERYTHROCYTES; FOLIC ACID; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28044466637     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.053801     Document Type: Article

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