Analysis of biologically-active, endogenous carboxylic acids based on chromatography-mass spectrometry

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-28

  Kloos, D ^a,b   Lingeman, H ^b   Mayboroda, O A ^a   Deelder, A M ^a   Niessen, W M A ^b,c   Giera, M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Hyphen MassSpec XT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analysis; Bile acid; Carboxylic acid; Eicosanoid; Fatty acid; Gas chromatography; GC MS; LC MS; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANALYSIS; BILE ACID; EICOSANOID; GC-MS; LC-MS;

FATTY ACIDS;

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; BILE ACID; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FUMARIC ACID; ICOSANOID; ISOCITRIC ACID; ISOPROSTANE DERIVATIVE; LACTIC ACID; MALIC ACID; METHYLMALONIC ACID; OXALOACETIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SUCCINIC ACID; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84907014239     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2014.05.008     Document Type: Review

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