Determination of metformin and other biguanides in forensic whole blood samples by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry

Biomedical Chromatography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Sørensen, Lambert K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biguanides; LC MS MS; Metformin; Phenformin; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DRUG PRODUCTS; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHILICITY; ION EXCHANGE; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHASE SEPARATION; PROTEINS;

BIGUANIDE; BLOOD SAMPLES; ELECTROSPRAY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROPHILIC INTERACTION LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIES; LC-MS-MS; LC.MS/MS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY ELECTROSPRAY; METFORMINS; PHENFORMIN; WHOLE BLOOD;

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

ACETONITRILE; BUFORMIN; METFORMIN; METHANOL; PHENFORMIN; PHENYLBIGUANIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROPHILIC INTERACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 83555174710     PISSN: 02693879     EISSN: 10990801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmc.1615     Document Type: Article

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