Naturally-occurring folates in foods: Method development and analysis using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)

Food Chemistry

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 736-742

  Vishnumohan, Shyamala ^a   Arcot, Jayashree ^a   Pickford, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Folates; Internal standards; Mass to charge ratio; Stable isotope dilution assay; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

FOLATES; INTERNAL STANDARDS; MASS TO CHARGE RATIO; STABLE ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ISOTOPES; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACIDS; STANDARDIZATION;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

10 FORMYLFOLATE; 5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BANANA; CARROT; FOOD COMPOSITION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEGUME; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MILK; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RICE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 78049439061     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.08.032     Document Type: Article

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