Simultaneous determination of kynurenine and kynurenic acid concentrations in human serum by HPLC with dual wavelengths fluorescence detection

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 395, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 178-180

  Xiao, Le Dong ^a,b   Luo, Xi Bo ^a   Pi, Lan Gan ^a   Tang, Ai Guo ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The First People's Hospital of Shaoyang   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KYNURENIC ACID; KYNURENINE;

ACCURACY; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLOW RATE; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYNURENIC ACID; KYNURENINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 47649118263     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2008.05.004     Document Type: Letter

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