A comprehensive method for extraction and quantitative analysis of sterols and secosteroids from human plasma

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1399-1409

  McDonald, Jeffrey G ^a   Smith, Daniel D ^a   Stiles, Ashlee R ^a   Russell, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol biosynthesis; Cholesterol metabolism; Lipidomics; Mass spectrometry; Oxysterols; Steroid hormones; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

22 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 24 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 25 HYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; 26 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 4BETA HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 7ALPHA HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 7BETA HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; CALCIFEDIOL; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; DESMOSTEROL; DICHLOROMETHANE; LANOSTEROL; LATHOSTEROL; METHANOL; OXYSTEROL; SECOSTEROID; STEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYMOSTEROL;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPID HYDROLYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STEROID ANALYSIS; STEROL ANALYSIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SECOSTEROIDS; STEROLS;

EID: 84862339778     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.D022285     Document Type: Article

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