Direct glutathione quantification in human blood by LC-MS/MS: Comparison with HPLC with electrochemical detection

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Volumn 71, Issue , 2012, Pages 111-118

  Squellerio, Isabella ^a   Caruso, Donatella ^b   Porro, Benedetta ^a   Veglia, Fabrizio ^a   Tremoli, Elena ^a,b   Cavalca, Viviana ^a,b  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glutathione; High performance liquid chromatographic with electrochemical detector; Liquid chromatographic tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84866763648     PISSN: 07317085     EISSN: 1873264X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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