A High-Throughput Method for the Analysis of Erythrocyte Fatty Acids and the Omega-3 Index

Lipids

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1005-1015

  Alqarni, Ayedh ^a,b,c   Mcintyre, Kiara J ^a,b   Brown, Simon H J ^a,b   Meyer, Barbara J ^a,b   Mitchell, Todd W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b ILLAWARRA HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c KING FAHAD SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Gas chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Omega 3 index

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

ARTICLE; DERIVATIZATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; TRANSESTERIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; ERYTHROCYTE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES;

ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 85059244371     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: 15589307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lipd.12108     Document Type: Article

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