LC/MS/MS analysis of the endogenous dimethyltryptamine hallucinogens, their precursors, and major metabolites in rat pineal gland microdialysate

Biomedical Chromatography

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1690-1700

  Barker, Steven A ^a   Borjigin, Jimo ^b   Lomnicka, Izabela ^a   Strassman, Rick ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

LC MS MS; Microdialysis; N,N dimethyltryptamines; Pineal gland; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

DIRECT INJECTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; RATS;

LC-MS-MS; LC.MS/MS; MATRIX; MICRO-DIALYSIS; MICRODIALYSATES; MS/MS ANALYSIS; N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE; PINEAL GLAND; RATS BRAIN; SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID;

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); INDOLEACETIC ACID; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; KYNURENINE; N,N DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEGRADATION; DEMETHYLATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PINEAL BODY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RAT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER CONTENT;

RATTUS;

LC/MS/MS; MICRODIALYSIS; N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINES; PINEAL GLAND; RAT BRAIN;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DRUG STABILITY; HALLUCINOGENS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84887207907     PISSN: 02693879     EISSN: 10990801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmc.2981     Document Type: Article

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