Rapid screening and identification of metabolites of quercitrin produced by the human intestinal bacteria using ultra performance liquid chromatography/quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 204-213

  Jiang, Shu ^a   Yang, Jing ^a   Qian, Dawei ^a   Guo, Jianming ^a   Shang, Er Xin ^a   Duan, Jin Ao ^a   Xu, Jun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Intestinal bacteria; Metabolic pathway; Metabolites; Quercitrin; UPLC Q TOF MS

Indexed keywords

BACTEROIDES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FECES; HUMANS; INTESTINES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; QUERCETIN; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 84894097423     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: 19763786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12272-013-0172-9     Document Type: Article

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