Studies on neurosteroids XXIV. Determination of neuroactive androgens, androsterone and 5α-androstane-3α, 17β-diol, in rat brain and serum using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Biomedical Chromatography

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1434-1441

  Higashi, Tatsuya ^a   Yokoi, Hiroyuki ^a   Naguea, Yukiko ^a   Nishio, Tadashi ^a   Shimada, Kazutake ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finasteride; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; Neuroactive androgen; Rat brain; Rat serum

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHASE SEPARATION; RATS;

ANDROSTANE; FINASTERIDE; LC-ESI-MS/MS; LC/ESI-MS/MS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUROACTIVE ANDROGEN; NEUROSTEROIDS; RAT SERUM; RATS BRAIN;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACETIC ACID; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTERONE; AZIDE; FINASTERIDE; METHANOL; NEUROSTEROID; STEROID;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANDROGENS; ANDROSTANE-3,17-DIOL; ANDROSTERONE; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STEROIDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 59649087932     PISSN: 02693879     EISSN: 10990801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmc.1078     Document Type: Article

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