Comparison of electrospray ionisation, atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation and atmospheric pressure photoionisation for the identification of metabolites from labile artemisinin-based anti-malarial drugs using a QTRAP® mass spectrometer

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 2431-2442

  Louw, Stefan ^a   Njoroge, Mathew ^a   Chigorimbo Murefu, Nyaradzo ^a   Chibale, Kelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOMOLECULES; CHEMICAL DETECTION; DRUG PRODUCTS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; PHOTOIONIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISININ; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CHEMICAL IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PHOTO IONIZATION; CONDITION; DRUG METABOLITES; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SCAN METHODS; TRIPLE-QUADRUPOLE LINEAR ION TRAP MS;

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 84866388227     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6359     Document Type: Article

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