Simultaneous determination of 11 aconitum alkaloids in human serum and urine using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 126-133

  Usui, Kiyotaka ^a   Hayashizaki, Yoshie ^a   Hashiyada, Masaki ^a   Nakano, Anri ^a   Funayama, Masato ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aconitine; Aconitum alkaloids; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

14 O ANISOYLACONINE; ACONITINE; ACONITINE DERIVATIVE; AMMONIUM FORMATE; BENZOYLACONINE; BENZOYLHYPACONINE; BENZOYLMESACONINE; D5 ACONITINE; HYPACONINE; HYPACONITINE; JESACONITINE; MESACONINE; MESACONITINE; METHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ACONITE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CATION EXCHANGE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; SERUM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS;

ACONITUM; ALKALOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HUMANS; JAPAN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84858333284     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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