Metabolism of levamisole and kinetics of levamisole and aminorex in urine by means of LC-QTOF-HRMS and LC-QqQ-MS

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 405, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4077-4088

  Hess, Cornelius ^a   Ritke, Natalie ^a   Broecker, Sebastian ^b   Madea, Burkhard ^a   Musshoff, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aminorex; LC MS; LC QTOF HRMS; Levamisole; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; CALIBRATION; ISOMERS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMINOREX; CALIBRATION CURVES; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROXY METABOLITES; LC-MS; LC-QTOF; LEVAMISOLE; QUADRUPOLE-TIME OF FLIGHTS;

METABOLITES;

AMINOREX; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; LEVAMISOLE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AMINOREX; ANTHELMINTICS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HUMANS; LEVAMISOLE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84886867131     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-6829-x     Document Type: Article

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