Article
Quantitative determination of erythrocyte folate vitamer distribution by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine - 1 Jan 2006
Smith Desirée E C, Kok Robert M, Teerlink Tom, Jakobs Cornelis, Smulders Yvo M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Given the role of folate in many disorders, intracellular distribution of folate vitamers is of potential clinical importance. In particular, accumulation of non-methyltetrahydrofolates due to altered partitioning of folate metabolism at the level of methylenetetrahydrofolate is of interest. METHODS: We describe a positive-electrospray liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method...
Topics
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Erythrocytes
- Folic Acid
- Genotype
- Humans
- Mass Spectrometry
- Methods
- Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)
- Reproducibility of Results
- Tetrahydrofolates
