Pitfalls in measuring the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoyl glycerol in biological samples

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1023-1025

  Vogeser, Michael ^a   Schelling, Gustav ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

1 arachidonoyl glycerol (1 AG); 2 arachidonoyl glycerol (2 AG); Endocannabinoids; Interference; Isomers; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC MS MS)

Indexed keywords

1 ARACHIDONOYL GLYCEROL; 2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ENDOCANNABINOID; MONOACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELUTION; ISOMERIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 34548805565     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.197     Document Type: Article

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