Quantitation of folates and their catabolites in blood plasma, erythrocytes, and urine by stable isotope dilution assays

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 398, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 150-160

  Mönch, Sabine ^a   Netzel, Michael ^b,c   Netzel, Gabriele ^b,c   Rychlik, Michael ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Folate catabolites; Folates; LC MS MS; Plasma; Red blood cells; Stable isotope dilution assay; Urine

Indexed keywords

DILUTION; EXTRACTION; ISOTOPES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHASE SEPARATION; PLASMAS;

FOLATE CATABOLITES; FOLATES; LC-MS/MS; RED BLOOD CELL; STABLE ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; URINE;

BLOOD;

(4 AMINOBENZOYL)GLUTAMIC ACID; 4 MORPHOLINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; ACETYL 4 AMINOBENZOYLGLUTAMIC ACID; BUFFER; FOLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANION EXCHANGE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 77649187983     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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