Quantification of endogenous retinoids

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 652, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-54

  Kane, Maureen A ^a   Napoli, Joseph L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HPLC; LC MS MS; mass spectrometry; retinal; retinaldehyde; retinoic acid; Retinoid; retinol; retinyl ester

Indexed keywords

DANIO RERIO; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

EYE PROTEIN; RETINAL; RETINOID; RETINOL;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MOUSE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANALYTIC SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; EYE PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINALDEHYDE; RETINOIDS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN A;

EID: 77956405828     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-325-1_1     Document Type: Article

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