Total serum fatty acid analysis by GC-MS: Assay validation and serum sample stability

Current Pharmaceutical Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 331-339

  Ren, Jianwei ^a   Mozurkewich, Ellen L ^a,b   Sen, Ananda ^a,c   Vahratian, Anjel M ^a   Ferreri, Thomas G ^a   Morse, Alexander N ^a   Djuric, Zora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood levels; Fatty acid methyl esters; Fatty acids; Fish oils; GC MS; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID ESTER;

ARTICLE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ION MONITORING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84884276467     PISSN: 15734129     EISSN: 1875676X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573412911309040002     Document Type: Article

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