Possible key intermediates in arsenic biochemistry: Synthesis and identification by liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and high resolution mass spectrometry

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 218-234

  De Bettencourt, Alexandre M ^a   Duarte, Maria Filomena ^b   Florêncio, Maria Helena ^b   Henriques, Fernando F ^c   Madeira, Paulo A ^b   Portela, Maria Inês ^a   Vilas Boas, Luis Filipe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Dimethylarsinoyl glutathione; Dimethylarsonio adenosine glutathione; Dimethylarsonio diglutathione; Mass Spectrometry; Trimethylarsonio glutathione

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052366847     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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