Methylhexanamine is not detectable in Pelargonium or Geranium species and their essential oils: A multi-centre investigation

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 645-654

  Elsohly, Mahmoud A ^a,b,c   Gul, Waseem ^a,b,c   Tolbert, Candice ^a   Elsohly, Kareem M ^a,b   Murphy, Timothy P ^a   Avula, Bharathi ^c   Chittiboyina, Amar G ^c   Wang, Mei ^c   Khan, Ikhlas A ^b,c   Yang, Min ^d   Guo, Dean ^d   Zhang, Wei Dong ^e   Su, Juan ^e  

^a ElSohly Laboratories Incorporated   (United States)

^b The University of Mississippi ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^e SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geranium species; MHA; Pelargonium species

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OILS; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS OILS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

GASCHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GERANIA SPECIES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLHEXANEAMINE; MS/MS ANALYSIS; PELARGONIA SPECIES; PLANT MATERIAL; PLANT OIL; PLANT VOLATILES; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

LABORATORIES;

ALIPHATIC AMINE; ESSENTIAL OIL; METHYLHEXANAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 METHYL 2 HEXYLAMINE; AMINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GERANIUM; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM DENTICULATUM; PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS; PELARGONIUM HORTORUM; PELARGONIUM ODORATISSIMUM; PELARGONIUM TOMENTOSUM; PELARGONIUM ZONALE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLANT LEAF; PROCEDURES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; GERANIUM; OILS, VOLATILE; PELARGONIUM; PLANT LEAVES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84937686493     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1726     Document Type: Article

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