Validation of a novel method to identify in utero ethanol exposure: Simultaneous meconium extraction of fatty acid ethyl esters, ethyl glucuronide, and ethyl sulfate followed by LC-MS/MS quantification

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 406, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1945-1955

  Himes, Sarah K ^a   Concheiro, Marta ^a   Scheidweiler, Karl B ^a   Huestis, Marilyn A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Ethyl glucuronide; Fatty acid ethyl esters; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; Meconium

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; EFFICIENCY; ESTERS; ETHANOL; EXTRACTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PALMITIC ACID; PHASE SEPARATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; FATTY ACID ETHYL ESTER; LINEAR DYNAMIC RANGES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY ASSAYS; MECONIUM; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION COLUMNS;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIETHYL SULFATE; ESTER; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; FATTY ACID; GLUCURONIC ACID; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MECONIUM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESTERS; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MECONIUM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84898046847     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-7600-z     Document Type: Article

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