Cutaneous water loss and sphingolipids in the stratum corneum of house sparrows, Passer domesticus L., from desert and mesic environments as determined by reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with atmospheric pressure photospray ionization mass spectrometry

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 447-458

  Muñoz Garcia, Agustí ^a   Ro, Jennifer ^a   Brown, Johnie C ^b   Williams, Joseph B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Applied Biosystems Framingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous water loss; House sparrows; Mass spectrometry; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

SPHINGOLIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDERMIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPARROW; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDERMIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPARROWS; SPHINGOLIPIDS; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

AMPHISPIZA; AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 40449133629     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.013649     Document Type: Article

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