Radioactivity detectors for high-performance liquid chromatography in drug metabolism studies

Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies

Volumn 31, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1593-1619

  Kiffe, Michael ^a   Schmid, Dietmar G ^a   Bruin, Gerard J M ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Heterogeneous counting; Homogeneous counting; HPLC; Microplate solid scintillation counting; Radioactivity detection

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY FLUIDS; CHEMICALS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DETECTORS; DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DOSAGE; FLUIDS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT EMISSION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUMINESCENCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY (AMS); DRUG METABOLISMS; FLOW TECHNOLOGY; GENERAL (CO); HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (HPLC); MICROPLATE; NEW DEVELOPMENTS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; STATE OF THE ARTS;

HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACCELATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG METABOLISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROPLATE SOLID SCINTILLATION COUNTER; RADIATION DETECTION; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

EID: 45849124587     PISSN: 10826076     EISSN: 1520572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826070802126254     Document Type: Review

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