Letter beta-methylamino-l-alanine analysis by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry with iTRAQ as the derivative

European Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 439-443

  Kushnir, Mark M ^a,b   Bergquist, Jonas ^b  

^a ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Beta methylamino l alanine; BMAA; ITRAQ; Lc ms ms im publications llp 2009 all rights reserved; Quantitation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO BETA METHYLAMINOPROPIONATE; ALPHA-AMINO-BETA-METHYLAMINOPROPIONATE; DIAMINO ACID; PLANT EXTRACT;

BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMISTRY; CYCADOPHYTA; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CYCADOPHYTA; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66849095477     PISSN: 14690667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1255/ejms.984     Document Type: Article

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