Sulfur-containing arsenical mistaken for dimethylarsinous acid [DMA(III)] and identified as a natural metabolite in urine: Major implications for studies on arsenic metabolism and toxicity

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1086-1091

  Hansen, Helle R ^a   Raab, Andrea ^a   Jaspars, Marcel ^a   Milne, Bruce F ^a   Feldmann, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CACODYLIC ACID; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; REAGENT; SODIUM METABISULFITE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION; SEAWEED; SHEEP; SYNTHESIS; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINE;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENICALS; CACODYLIC ACID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SHEEP; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WOOL;

ALGAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 4243063986     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx049978q     Document Type: Article

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