Structural characterization of wax esters by electron ionization mass spectrometry

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 204-213

  Urbanová, Klára ^a   Vrkoslav, Vladimír ^a   Valterová, Irena ^a   Háková, Martina ^a,b   Cvačka, Josef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Interpretation; Neutral lipids; Spectral database; Waxes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON; ESTER; LINOLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX ESTER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; WAXES;

EID: 84455188797     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.D020834     Document Type: Article

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