Brief communication: Mass spectroscopic characterization of tetracycline in the skeletal remains of an ancient population from Sudanese Nubia 350-550 CE

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-154

  Nelson, Mark L ^a   Dinardo, Andrew ^b   Hochberg, Jeffery ^c   Armelagos, George J ^c  

^a Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Chemical extraction; Prehistory

Indexed keywords

ACID; ANHYDROTETRACYCLINE; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SKELETON; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

BONE AND BONES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIET; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SUDAN; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 77956130256     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21340     Document Type: Article

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