Analytical challenges: Determination of tetrodotoxin in human urine and plasma by LC-MS/MS

Marine Drugs

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2291-2303

  Leung, Kelvin Sze Yin ^a   Fong, Bonnie Mei Wah ^a,b   Tsoi, Yeuk Ki ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biological samples; Ion suppression; LC MS MS; TTX poisoning

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERIVATIZATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTOXICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; RADIATION DETECTION; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 82655178871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md9112291     Document Type: Review

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