Mass spectrometric identification of chemical warfare agent adducts with biological macromolecule for verification of their exposure

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 879-886

  Tsuge, Kouichiro ^a   Seto, Yasuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adduct; Chemical warfare agent; Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

CHLORMETHINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINESTERASE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; METHYLPHOSPHONOTHIOIC ACID S (2 DIISOPROPYLAMINOETHYL) O ETHYL ESTER; NERVE GAS; SARIN; SOMAN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HALF LIFE TIME; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 74549206034     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.55.879     Document Type: Short Survey

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