Derivatization reagents in liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

Biomedical Chromatography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Santa, Tomofumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatography; Derivatization; Electrospray; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

DERIVATIZATION REAGENT; DERIVATIZATIONS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ELECTROSPRAYS; LC-ESI-MS/MS; LC/ESI-MS/MS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY ELECTROSPRAY; SELECTIVITY AND SENSITIVITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TANDEM-MASS SPECTROMETRY;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

(TRIMETHYLAMINOETHYL)ESTER; 1 (2,4 DINITRO 5 FLUOROPHENYL) 4 METHYLPIPERAZINE; 1 NAPHTHYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; 2 HYDRAZINO 1 METHYLPYRIDINE; 2 HYDRAZINOPYRIDINE; 3 (HYDROXYMETHYL)PYRIDINE; 3 AMINOPYRIDYL N HYDROXYSUCCIMIDYL CARBAMATE; 3 HYDROXY 1 METHYL PIPERIDINE; 4 (4 METHYL 1 PIPERAZYL) 3 NITROBENZOYL AZIDE; 4 (TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM)ANILYL N HYDROXYSUCCIDIMIDYL CARBAMATE IODIDE; 4 FLUORO 7 NITRO 2,1,3 BENZOXADIAZOLE; 4 HYDRAZINO N,N,N TRIMETHYL 4 OXOBUTANAMINIUM IODIDE; 4 [2 (N,N DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHYLAMINOSULFONYL] 7 (2 AMINOETHYLAMINO) 2,1,3 BENZOXADIAZOLE; 4 [2 (N,N DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHYLAMINOSULFONYL] 7 N METHYLHYDRAZINO 2,1,3 BENZOXADIAZOLE; 4 [2 (TRIMETHYLAMMONIO)ETHOXY]BENZENAMINIUM HALIDE; 4 [2 [(4 BROMOPHENETHYL)DIMETHYLAMMONIO]ETHOXY]BENZENAMINIUM DIBROMIDE; 5 DIMETHYLAMINONAPHTHALENE 1 SULFONYL HYDRAZINE; 6 AMINOQUINOLYL N HYDROXYSUCCINIMIDYL CARBAMATE; ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DANSYL CHLORIDE; DIMETHYLAMINOBENZYLAMINE; HYDRAZINE DERIVATIVE; ISONICOTINOYL AZIDE; KETONE; PICOLYNIC ACID; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DERIVATIZATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 78650632013     PISSN: 02693879     EISSN: 10990801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmc.1548     Document Type: Review

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