Stability of whole blood and plasma ascorbic acid

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1233-1236

  Karlsen, A ^a   Blomhoff, R ^a   Gundersen, T E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Vitas as   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ACCURACY; ACIDIFICATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; PLASMA; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TIME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG STABILITY; HEPARIN; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34948844531     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602655     Document Type: Article

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