Analysis of underivatized amino acids in geological samples using ion-pairing liquid chromatography and electrospray tandem mass spectrometry

Astrobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-241

  Liu, De Ling ^a,b   Beegle, Luther W ^a   Kanik, Isik ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; In situ life detection; Mars; Organic molecules

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOLOGY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GEOLOGY; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 42049097878     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2007.0176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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