Derivatization methods for quantitative bioanalysis by LC-MS/MS

Bioanalysis

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-69

  Deng, Pan ^a   Zhan, Yan ^a   Chen, Xiaoyan ^a   Zhong, Dafang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; AMINO ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; NUCLEOSIDE; NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; STEROID; THIOL DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DERIVATIZATION; DETECTION ORIENTED DERIVATIZATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IONIZATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPARATION ORIENTED DERIVATIZATION; SOLVENT EFFECT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 84555197090     PISSN: 17576180     EISSN: 17576199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bio.11.298     Document Type: Review

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