Challenges in developing an ultra-sensitive bioanalytical method for ethinylestradiol in human plasma

Bioanalysis

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 769-781

  Wheaton, Jessalynn P ^a   Chambers, Erin E ^a   Fountain, Kenneth J ^a  

^a Waters Technologies Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANALYTIC SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRUG STABILITY; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84859976332     PISSN: 17576180     EISSN: 17576199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bio.12.29     Document Type: Article

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