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6 Citations
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Residue Depletion of Imidocarb in Bovine Tissues by UPLC-MS/MS

  • Yaoxin Tang,
  • Na Yu,
  • Chunshuang Liu,
  • Mingyue Han,
  • Honglei Wang,
  • Xiaojie Chen,
  • Jijun Kang,
  • Xiubo Li and
  • Yiming Liu

27 December 2022

In this study, an ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) method was developed for the residue depletion of imidocarb (IMD) in bovine tissues, and the drug withdrawal time of IMD was determined. Twenty-five...

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6 Citations
3,672 Views
13 Pages

Gongjindan (GJD) is a traditional Korean medicine consisting of four herbal medicines and two animal-derived medicines, and is taken as a tonic in Republic of Korea. In this study, the goal was to develop and validate a simultaneous analytical method...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,709 Views
19 Pages

Accurate Determination of the Degree of Deacetylation of Chitosan Using UPLC–MS/MS

  • Ting Xue,
  • Wenqing Wang,
  • Zhiyuan Yang,
  • Fanjun Wang,
  • Lei Yang,
  • Jian Li,
  • Hui Gan,
  • Ruolan Gu,
  • Zhuona Wu and
  • Zhiyun Meng
  • + 1 author

The mole fraction of deacetylated monomeric units in chitosan (CS) molecules is referred to as CS’s degree of deacetylation (DD). In this study, 35 characteristic ions of CS were detected using liquid chromatography–electrospray ionizatio...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,443 Views
19 Pages

An Ultrafast UPLC–MS/MS Method for Characterizing the In Vitro Metabolic Stability of Acalabrutinib

  • Mohamed W. Attwa,
  • Ahmed H. Bakheit,
  • Ali S. Abdelhameed and
  • Adnan A. Kadi

23 October 2023

Acalabrutinib, commercially known as Calquence®, is a pharmacological molecule that has robust inhibitory activity against Bruton tyrosine kinase. The medicine in question was carefully developed by the esteemed pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca...

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  • Open Access
36 Citations
4,780 Views
15 Pages

The discovery of medicinal plants is crucial for drug development. Eucalyptus globulus leaves are used as a traditional medicine in many areas of world due to herbicidal and insecticidal activity. While natural products are difficult to be separated...

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  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,398 Views
20 Pages

31 January 2018

A sensitive and specific method for the quantitative determination of Fumonisin B1 (FB1), its partially hydrolysed metabolites pHFB1a+b and hydrolysed metabolite HFB1, and Fumonisin B2 (FB2) in broiler chicken plasma using ultra-performance liquid ch...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,373 Views
17 Pages

Multiresidue Determination of 26 Quinolones in Poultry Feathers Using UPLC-MS/MS and Their Application in Residue Monitoring

  • Zhanteng Song,
  • Zhiming Xiao,
  • Xia Fan,
  • Hongting Zhuang,
  • Yang Li,
  • Jingrong Zhu,
  • Duoyong Zhao,
  • Maerhaba Paerhati and
  • Decheng Suo

26 April 2023

As a non-traditional sample matrix, feather samples can be used to effectively monitor antibiotic addition and organismal residue levels in poultry feeding. Therefore, an ultra-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS...

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  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,493 Views
14 Pages

Determination of Asymmetric and Symmetric Dimethylarginine in Serum from Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: UPLC-MS/MS versus ELISA

  • Jente Boelaert,
  • Eva Schepers,
  • Griet Glorieux,
  • Sunny Eloot,
  • Raymond Vanholder and
  • Frédéric Lynen

13 May 2016

Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis, and its structural isomer symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) are uremic toxins accumulating in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. The objective of this stu...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,064 Views
14 Pages

UPLC-MS/MS Identification and Quantification of Withanolides from Six Parts of the Medicinal Plant Datura Metel L.

  • Shi Hui Yang,
  • Yan Liu,
  • Qi Wang,
  • Yan Ping Sun,
  • Wei Guan,
  • Yuan Liu,
  • Bing You Yang and
  • Hai Xue Kuang

11 March 2020

Withanolides from six parts (flower, leaf, stem, root, seed, and peel) of Datura metel L. (D metel L.) obtained from ten production areas in China were identified and quantified by UPLC-MS/MS. A total of 85 withanolides were characterized for the fir...

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  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,774 Views
15 Pages

Capmatinib (CMB) is an orally bioavailable mesenchymal–epithelial transition (MET) inhibitor approved by the US-FDA to treat metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, with MET exon 14 skipping mutation. The current study aimed to...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,767 Views
14 Pages

Fenebrutinib (GDC-0853; FNB) is an oral small molecule that was developed by Roche Pharmaceuticals to slow multiple sclerosis progression. FNB is a reversible bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, which showed the maximum potency of BTK inhibitors...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,615 Views
17 Pages

Simultaneous Determination and Risk Assessment of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Artemisia capillaris Thunb. by UPLC-MS/MS Together with Chemometrics

  • Li-Hua Chen,
  • Jun-Chi Wang,
  • Qi-Lei Guo,
  • Yue Qiao,
  • Hui-Juan Wang,
  • Yong-Hong Liao,
  • Di-An Sun and
  • Jian-Yong Si

19 March 2019

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are natural toxins found in some genera of the family Asteraceae. However, it has not been reported whether PAs are present in the widely used Asteraceae plant Artemisia capillaris Thunb. (A. capillaris). The purpose of...

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  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,193 Views
10 Pages

Neonatal Mass Urine Screening Approach for Early Detection of Mucopolysaccharidoses by UPLC-MS/MS

  • Iskren Menkovic,
  • Anne-Sophie Marchand,
  • Michel Boutin and
  • Christiane Auray-Blais

Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPSs) are lysosomal storage disorders caused by deficiencies of enzymes involved in the catabolism of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). Various treatments such as enzyme replacement therapy and/or hematopoietic stem cell transplant ar...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,865 Views
10 Pages

21 September 2023

Dietary isoflavones, a type of phytoestrogens, have gained importance owing to their health-promoting benefits. However, the beneficial effects of isoflavones are mediated by smaller metabolites produced with the help of gut bacteria that are known t...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
7,669 Views
12 Pages

4 January 2022

Pexidartinib is the first drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration specifically to treat the rare joint tumor tenosynovial giant cell tumor. In the current study, a validated, selective, and sensitive UPLC-MS/MS assay was developed for...

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  • Open Access
445 Views
22 Pages

23 January 2026

Punicalagin, the major polyphenol in pomegranate peel, shows broad bioactivity but suffers from poor oral bioavailability. Whether hepatic or intestinal first-pass processes dominate this limitation remains unresolved. We developed a quantitative UPL...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
680 Views
17 Pages

Validation of a UPLC-MS/MS Method for Quantifying Intracellular Olaparib Levels in Resistant Ovarian Cancer Cells

  • Szymon W. Kmiecik,
  • Jennifer Lewis,
  • Jonas Schwickert,
  • Henrik Breitenreicher,
  • Martin R. Sprick and
  • Jürgen Burhenne

8 December 2025

Background: Ovarian cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality among women and constitutes a major unmet medical need. A common treatment-limiting factor for ovarian cancer patients is resistance to Poly(ADP-ribose) polymera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
150 Citations
10,645 Views
29 Pages

First Detection of Tetrodotoxin in Greek Shellfish by UPLC-MS/MS Potentially Linked to the Presence of the Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum

  • Aristidis Vlamis,
  • Panagiota Katikou,
  • Ines Rodriguez,
  • Verónica Rey,
  • Amparo Alfonso,
  • Angelos Papazachariou,
  • Thetis Zacharaki,
  • Ana M. Botana and
  • Luis M. Botana

20 May 2015

During official shellfish control for the presence of marine biotoxins in Greece in year 2012, a series of unexplained positive mouse bioassays (MBA) for lipophilic toxins with nervous symptomatology prior to mice death was observed in mussels from V...

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  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,001 Views
15 Pages

14 October 2021

The emerging ungovernable application of pesticides in rice farming has attracted public concerns as these hazardous chemicals leave long-lasting environmental impacts and cause severe health effects. Here, an optimized analytical method was proposed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,456 Views
14 Pages

A novel UPLC-MS/MS assay was developed for rapid quantification of delafloxacin (a novel fluoroquinolone antibiotic in plasma samples by one step sample cleanup procedure. Delafloxacin (DFX) and internal standard (losartan) were separated on a UPLC B...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,605 Views
13 Pages

1 August 2018

Background: Allergic disease is a common clinical disease. Natural products provide an important source for a wide range of potential anti-allergic agents. This study was designed to evaluate the anti-allergic activities of the water-soluble polysacc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,136 Views
17 Pages

Phenolic Compound Profile by UPLC-MS/MS and Encapsulation with Chitosan of Spondias mombin L. Fruit Peel Extract from Cerrado Hotspot—Brazil

  • Giovanna Oliveira de Brito,
  • Bruna Cabral Reis,
  • Eduardo A. Ferreira,
  • Nilton T. Vilela Junqueira,
  • Lívia C. L. Sá-Barreto,
  • Fulvio Mattivi,
  • Urska Vrhovsek and
  • Eliana Fortes Gris

Taperebá (Spondias mombin L.) is a native species of the Brazilian Cerrado that has shown important characteristics such as a significant phenolic compound content and biological activities. The present study aimed to characterize the phenolic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,172 Views
13 Pages

UPLC-MS/MS Phytochemical Analysis of Two Croatian Cistus Species and Their Biological Activity

  • Ivana Carev,
  • Ana Maravić,
  • Nada Ilić,
  • Vedrana Čikeš Čulić,
  • Olivera Politeo,
  • Zoran Zorić and
  • Mila Radan

14 July 2020

Aqueous extracts of two Cistus species wild growing in Croatia—Cistus creticus (CC) and Cistus salviifolius (CS)—have been assessed with UPLC-MS/MS, showing 43 different phytochemicals, with flavonol glycosides: myricetin-3-hexoside and m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,049 Views
12 Pages

A Validated UPLC-MS/MS Method for Rapid Quantification of Umifenovir in Plasma Samples and Its Greenness Assessment

  • Muzaffar Iqbal,
  • Faisal Imam,
  • Essam A. Ali,
  • Mohd Abul Kalam,
  • Sulaiman S. Alhudaithi and
  • Md. Khalid Anwer

Umifenovir is one of the most often prescribed antiviral medications for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 and other viral infections. Herein, a UPLC-MS/MS method is developed through using ibrutinib as an internal standard (IS) for quantifyin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,893 Views
11 Pages

28 August 2019

Acanthus ilicifolius herb (AIH), the dry plant of Acanthus ilicifolius L., has long been used as a folk medicine for treating acute and chronic hepatitis. Phenylethanoid glycosides (PhGs) are one family of the main components in AIH with hepatoprotec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,346 Views
10 Pages

An ultra-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC–MS/MS) method, in combination with a mixed matrix membrane microextraction method for the quantification of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in environ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,371 Views
17 Pages

Multi-Mycotoxin Analyses by UPLC-MS/MS in Wheat: The Situation in Belgium in 2023 and 2024

  • Camille Jonard,
  • Anne Chandelier,
  • Damien Eylenbosch,
  • Joke Pannecoucque,
  • Bruno Godin,
  • Caroline Douny,
  • Marie-Louise Scippo and
  • Sébastien Gofflot

28 June 2025

This work proposes an insight into the mycotoxins detected in wheat from the 2023 and 2024 harvests in Belgium and highlights the link between agronomic conditions and mycotoxin contamination. The study utilized samples from a Belgian trial network,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,045 Views
8 Pages

14 January 2016

The isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS) is a highly efficient method for tackling the ion suppression in complex matrix by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS), but a lack of commercial internal standard...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
4,423 Views
13 Pages

28 February 2022

Venetoclax has emerged as a breakthrough for treatment of leukemia with a wide interindividual variability in pharmacokinetics. Herein, a rapid, sensitive, and reliable UPLC-MS/MS method for quantification of venetoclax in plasma was developed and va...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,028 Views
9 Pages

27 June 2022

A novel method of ultra-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) was developed for the identification and quantification of four potential genotoxic impurities (PGIs) in the active pharmaceutical ingredients of TSD-1, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,890 Views
15 Pages

Plasma Pharmacokinetic Determination of Canagliflozin and Its Metabolites in a Type 2 Diabetic Rat Model by UPLC-MS/MS

  • Song-tao Dong,
  • Hui-min Niu,
  • Yin Wu,
  • Jia-lei Jiang,
  • Ying Li,
  • Kun-yu Jiang,
  • Xin Wang,
  • Mao-fan Zhang,
  • Ming-feng Han and
  • Sheng-nan Meng

Canagliflozin is a novel, orally selective inhibitor of sodium-dependent glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) for the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. In this study, a sensitive and efficient UPLC-MS/MS method for the quantification o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,955 Views
18 Pages

(1) Background: Continuous monitoring of tacrolimus (TAC), mycophenolic acid (MPA), and creatinine (Cre) after renal transplantation is vitally important. In this study, we developed a new method based on volumetric absorptive microsampling (VAMS) co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,670 Views
12 Pages

17 November 2022

Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) is a powerful antioxidant coenzyme existing in diet, benefiting growth, development, cognition function, and the repair of damaged organs. However, a method for detecting PQQ in vivo was rarely described, limiting the r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,212 Views
13 Pages

28 August 2022

Erdafitinib is an oral pan-fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) inhibitor and has a potent antitumor activity against FGFR-aberrant malignancies. Erdafitinib has a narrow therapeutic index, and its pharmacokinetics are influenced by genetic varia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,984 Views
18 Pages

Metabolomic Study of Flavonoids in Camellia drupifera under Aluminum Stress by UPLC-MS/MS

  • Yi Wang,
  • Junsen Cheng,
  • Shanglin Wei,
  • Wei Jiang,
  • Yongquan Li,
  • Wei Guo,
  • Wenkui Dai and
  • Boyong Liao

24 March 2023

Aluminum (Al) affects the yield of forest trees in acidic soils. The oil tea plant (Camellia drupifera Lour.) has high Al tolerance, with abundant phenolic compounds in its leaves, especially flavonoid compounds. The role of these flavonoids in the A...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,291 Views
16 Pages

Development and Validation of UPLC–MS/MS Method for Quantitative Analysis of 5-Fluorouracil in Aqueous Humor of Rabbits

  • Mohd Abul Kalam,
  • Sulaiman S. Alhudaithi,
  • Adel Ali Alhowyan,
  • Muzaffar Iqbal,
  • Mohammad Raish,
  • Abdullah K. Alshememry,
  • Musaed Alkholief,
  • Aliyah A. Almomen and
  • Aws Alshamsan

5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is now used in eye drops for the management of conjunctival malignant melanoma, intraepithelial neoplasia, and corneal and conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma. The previously used methods for 5-FU quantification in AqH were tim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,360 Views
13 Pages

QuEChERS-Based Approach to the Extraction of Five Calcium Channel Blockers from Plasma Determined by UPLC-MS/MS

  • Tingting Zhao,
  • Wen Jiang,
  • Xiaolan Zhen,
  • Chengcheng Jin,
  • Yifan Zhang and
  • Hui Li

9 January 2023

Here, a QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe) pretreatment method was combined with UPLC-MS/MS to facilitate the rapid and reliable simultaneous detection of five calcium channel blockers (CCBs) in human plasma. For this approach...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,831 Views
13 Pages

UPLC-MS/MS-Based Profiling of Eicosanoids in RAW264.7 Cells Treated with Lipopolysaccharide

  • Jae Won Lee,
  • Hyuck Jun Mok,
  • Dae-Young Lee,
  • Seung Cheol Park,
  • Myeong Soon Ban,
  • Jehun Choi,
  • Chun Geon Park,
  • Young-Sup Ahn,
  • Kwang Pyo Kim and
  • Hyung Don Kim

While both the pro- and anti-inflammatory effects of several eicosanoids have been widely studied, the degree of inflammation in cells that results from various eicosanoids has yet to be comprehensively studied. The objective of this study was to ass...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,548 Views
11 Pages

Determination of Trace Zearalenone and Its Metabolites in Human Serum by a High-Throughput UPLC-MS/MS Analysis

  • Danlei Sun,
  • Chenglong Li,
  • Shuang Zhou,
  • Yunfeng Zhao,
  • Yun Yun Gong,
  • Zhiyong Gong and
  • Yongning Wu

20 February 2019

This paper described an improved method for high-throughput and sensitive determination of zearalenone and its five metabolites (zearalanone, α-zearalenol, β-zearalenol, α-zearalanol and β-zearalanol) in human serum. Serum sampl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,993 Views
26 Pages

5 January 2024

This study aims to explore the effects of frying conditions on the formation of HAs and PAHs in crispy pork spareribs, a popular meat commodity sold on Taiwan’s market. Raw pork spareribs were marinated, coated with sweet potato powder, and fri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
12,342 Views
13 Pages

18 November 2014

Ellagic acid is a dietary polyphenol found in numerous fruits and vegetables, possessing several health benefits such as antioxidant, anticancer and anti-atherosclerotic biological properties. The purpose of this study was to explore the pharmacokine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,849 Views
16 Pages

9 November 2017

SimiaoYong’an Decoction (SYD) is a classical traditional Chinese prescription that is used for the treatment of gangrene, heat-clearing, detoxification and pain alleviation. We developed a sensitive ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,681 Views
12 Pages

10 September 2019

In this study, an in vitro tyrosinase inhibition assay in combination with ultra performance liquid chromatography-orbitrap mass spectrometry (UPLC-orbitrap-MS) was developed for the rapid screening and identification of tyrosinase modulators from ro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
468 Views
17 Pages

4 December 2025

Polymyxins, including polymyxin B (PMB), are last-resort antibiotics against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections in humans and livestock. Residual polymyxins from wastewater and manure can accumulate in soil, facilitating the emergence and s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,153 Views
16 Pages

Development and Validation of a UPLC-MS/MS Method for the Quantification of Components in the Ancient Classical Chinese Medicine Formula of Guyinjian

  • Nan Ge,
  • Zhineng Li,
  • Le Yang,
  • Guangli Yan,
  • Aihua Zhang,
  • Xiwu Zhang,
  • Xiuhong Wu,
  • Hui Sun,
  • Dan Li and
  • Xijun Wang

6 December 2022

Guyinjian (GYJ) is an ancient classic formula of traditional Chinese medicine used for the treatment of liver and kidney yin deficiency; it was derived from the book “Jing Yue Quan Shu” in the Ming Dynasty. Modern clinical observation exp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,352 Views
11 Pages

Determination of Osimertinib, Aumolertinib, and Furmonertinib in Human Plasma for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring by UPLC-MS/MS

  • Ying Li,
  • Lu Meng,
  • Yinling Ma,
  • Yajing Li,
  • Xiaoqing Xing,
  • Caihui Guo and
  • Zhanjun Dong

13 July 2022

The third-generation epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs), osimertinib, aumolertinib, and furmonertinib represent a new treatment option for patients with EGFR p.Thr790 Met (T790 M)-mutated non-small cell lung cance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
4,528 Views
12 Pages

15 March 2019

A method for detecting the organophosphorus pesticides residue and aflatoxins in China herbal tea has been developed by UPLC-MS/MS coupled with vortex-assisted dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME). The extraction conditions for vortex-ass...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,935 Views
17 Pages

Comprehensive UPLC-MS/MS Method for Quantifying Four Key Intestinal Permeability Markers in Caco-2 Models

  • Luciana Silva de Araújo,
  • Eduardo José Crevelin,
  • Luiz Alberto Beraldo de Moraes and
  • Niege Araçari Jacometti Cardoso Furtado

24 August 2025

A comprehensive UPLC-MS/MS method was developed and validated for the simultaneous separation and quantification of atenolol, propranolol, quinidine, and verapamil, using established intestinal permeability standards in the Caco-2 cell monolayer mode...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,982 Views
17 Pages

Identifying Metabolic Perturbations and Toxic Effects of Rac-Metalaxyl and Metalaxyl-M in Mice Using Integrative NMR and UPLC-MS/MS Based Metabolomics

  • Ping Zhang,
  • Sheng Wang,
  • Yuhan He,
  • Yangyang Xu,
  • Dongmei Shi,
  • Furong Yang,
  • Weizhong Yu,
  • Wentao Zhu and
  • Lin He

1 November 2019

Although metabolic perturbations are sensitive indicators for low-dose toxic effects, the metabolic mechanisms affected by rac-metalaxyl and metalaxyl-M in mammals from a metabolic profiling perspective remain unclear. In this study, the metabolic pe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,101 Views
22 Pages

9 July 2025

A sensitive method was developed for detecting diazepam residues in aquatic products using magnetic dispersive solid-phase extraction (MDSPE) coupled with ultra-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). Samples ex...

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