The relative influence of derivatization and normalization procedures on the compound-specific stable isotope analysis of nitrogen in amino acids

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 693-704

  Yarnes, Christopher T ^a   Herszage, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ASCORBIC ACID; CALIBRATION; COPYRIGHTS; ESTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; AMINO-ACIDS; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; DERIVATIZATION TECHNIQUES; DERIVATIZATIONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY COMBUSTION-ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMALISATION; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SCALE NORMALIZATION; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS;

ACETYLATION;

AMINO ACID; COLLAGEN; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; DOG; FISH; HYDROLYSIS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PLANT; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; COLLAGEN; DOGS; FISHES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROLYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 85015621226     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7832     Document Type: Article

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