Liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry of haem biosynthetic intermediates: A review

Biomedical Chromatography

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1009-1023

  Benton, Christopher M ^a,b   Lim, Chang Kee ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 aminolaevulinic acid; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Porphobilinogen; Porphyrias; Porphyrinogens; Porphyrins

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

5-AMINOLAEVULINIC ACID; 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERIZATION; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PORPHOBILINOGEN; PORPHYRIA; PORPHYRINOGEN; SEPARATION ANALYSIS; ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIES;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PORPHOBILINOGEN; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; PORPHYRINOGEN;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; DERIVATIZATION; EXTRACTION; HEME SYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864009731     PISSN: 02693879     EISSN: 10990801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmc.2772     Document Type: Review

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