Effect of storage temperature and length on fatty acid composition of fingertip blood collected on filter paper

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 13-18

  Min, Yoeju ^a   Ghebremeskel, Kebreab ^a   Geppert, Julia ^a   Khalil, Fawad ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Fingertip blood; Storage; Venous blood

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; STEARIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FILTER; FINGER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; METHYLATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; VENOUS BLOOD;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CAPILLARIES; COLD TEMPERATURE; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; PAPER;

EID: 78650996245     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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