The effects of pre-analysis sample handling on human plasma amino acid concentrations

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 455, Issue , 2016, Pages 68-74

  Takehana, Shunji ^a   Yoshida, Hiroo ^a   Ozawa, Shinichi ^a   Yamazaki, Junko ^a   Shimbo, Kazutaka ^a   Nakayama, Akira ^a   Mizukoshi, Toshimi ^a   Miyano, Hiroshi ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Plasma; Pre analysis sample handling

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; CITRULLINE; CYSTEINE; EDETIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; TAURINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CONTAMINATION; COOLING; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; PRE ANALYSIS SAMPLE HANDLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THROMBOCYTE; BLOOD; METABOLISM; PLASMA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

AMINO ACIDS; HUMANS; PLASMA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84969376995     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2016.01.026     Document Type: Article

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