Extraction and analysis of colourful eggshell pigments using HPLC and HPLC/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

Biomedical Chromatography

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 602-606

  Gorchein, A ^a   Lim, C K ^a   Cassey, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetonitrile acetic acid; Biliverdin; EDTA; Eggshells; HPLC ESI MS MS; Protoporphyrin

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID; EXTRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ACETONITRILE-ACETIC ACID; BILIVERDIN; BIRD SPECIES; EGGSHELL; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; EXTRACTION METHOD; HPLC-ESI-MS/MS; HPLC/ESI-MS/MS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; ZINC PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ACETONITRILE;

ACETIC ACID; ACETONITRILE; BILIVERDIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EDETIC ACID; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; PIGMENT; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; SULFURIC ACID; ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COLOR; EGG SHELL; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EXTRACTION; FOWL; HAWK; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METALLATION; NONHUMAN; PH; ANIMAL; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AVES; CHORDEILES MINOR; GALLUS GALLUS;

ACETIC ACID; ACETONITRILES; ANIMALS; BILIVERDINE; BIRDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EDETIC ACID; OVUM; PROTOPORPHYRINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 67651227766     PISSN: 02693879     EISSN: 10990801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmc.1158     Document Type: Article

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