Urinary steroids measured by modern separation techniques and applied as biomarkers in stress studies

Current Pharmaceutical Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 151-163

  Oledzka, Ilona ^a   Baczek, Tomasz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); Micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography (MEKC); Steroid hormones; Stress studies; Urine

Indexed keywords

6BETA HYDROXYHYDROCORTISONE; CORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID HORMONE;

CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; FLUORESCENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MEASUREMENT; MICELLAR ELECTROKINETIC CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROID URINE LEVEL; STRESS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 77958111653     PISSN: 15734129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341210791936795     Document Type: Review

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