Improved speciation of dissolved organic nitrogen in natural waters: amide hydrolysis with fluorescence derivatization

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1273-1280

  Fimmen, Ryan L ^a,b   Trouts, Tamara D ^a   Richter Jr , Daniel D ^b   Vasudevan, Dharni ^b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

amide hydrolysis; amino acids; dissolved organic matter nitrogen (DOM DON); fluorescamine; ninhydrin; o phthaldialdehyde; peptides

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; AMINES; DISSOLUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AMIDE HYDROLYSIS; AMINO ACIDS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER/NITROGEN (DOM/DON); FLUORESCAMINE; NINHYDRIN; O-PHTHALDIALDEHYDE; PEPTIDES;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

AMIDE; AMINE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; FLUORESCAMINE; METAL; NINHYDRIN; PEPTIDE; PHTHALALDEHYDE; WATER;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COST; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SOIL; SOLUBILITY; TIME;

AMIDES; AMINES; CATALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FLUORESCAMINE; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; METALS; NINHYDRIN; O-PHTHALALDEHYDE; PEPTIDES; SOIL; SOLUBILITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 53849119142     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62221-4     Document Type: Article

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