Electrospray mass spectrometry of human hair wax esters

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1231-1246

  Fitzgerald, Mark ^a   Murphy, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospray ionization; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Human hair lipids; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; ESTER; FATTY ACID ESTER; FATTY ALCOHOL; WAX;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONIZATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ESTERS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WAXES;

EID: 34248220964     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.D700002-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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