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Measurement of endogenous tryptamine in rat brain by capillary column gas chromatography mass spectrometry
Author(s) -
Beck Olof,
Flodberg Göran
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
biomedical mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 0306-042X
DOI - 10.1002/bms.1200110403
Subject(s) - tryptamine , chromatography , chemistry , mass spectrometry , gas chromatography , gas chromatography–mass spectrometry , capillary action , capillary gas chromatography , deuterium , biochemistry , materials science , physics , quantum mechanics , composite material
Abstract A capillary column gas chromatographic mass spectrometric method, involving the use of a deuterated analogue as internal standard, was developed and used to identify and quantify tryptamine in the rat brain. The mean level of tryptamine i rat whole brain was 0.54 pmolg −1 .