The analysis of folate and its metabolic precursors in biological samples

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 348, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-184

  Quinlivan, Eoin P ^a   Hanson, Andrew D ^b   Gregory, Jesse F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES;

CHEMISTRY;

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; DIHYDROFOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PTERIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AROMATIZATION; BACTERIUM; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CATALYSIS; CONJUGATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRACTION; FISH; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLYMERIZATION; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PURIFICATION; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE CULTURE; TURBIDIMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 29244462972     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.09.017     Document Type: Review

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