Use of capillary (zone) electrophoresis for determining felinine and it's application to investigate the stability of felinine

Amino Acids

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-55

  Rutherfurd, S M ^a   Zhang, F ^b   Harding, D R K ^a   Woolhouse, A D ^c   Hendriks, W H ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b FONTERRA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; Cats; Felinine; Urine

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 7 HYDROXY 5,5 DIMETHYL 4 THIAHEPTANOIC ACID; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; FELININE; HEPTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CAT; DEACETYLATION; MALE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BUTANOLS; CATS; CYSTEINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; URINE;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 4444357771     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-004-0095-3     Document Type: Article

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