Measurement of unlabeled and stable isotope-labeled homoarginine, arginine and their metabolites in biological samples by GC-MS and GC-MS/MS

Amino Acids

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2023-2034

  Kayacelebi, Arslan Arinc ^a   Knöfel, Ann Kathrin ^a   Beckmann, Bibiana ^a   Hanff, Erik ^a   Warnecke, Gregor ^a,b   Tsikas, Dimitrios ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b German Centre for Lung Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

GC MS; GC MS MS; Guanidino compounds; Plasma; Protocols; Quantification; Saliva; Stable isotope; Urine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; HOMOARGININE; ORNITHINE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; URINALYSIS; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; URINE;

FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOMOARGININE; HUMANS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM;

EID: 84940460091     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-015-1984-3     Document Type: Article

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