Measurement of endogenous tryptamine in rat brain by capillary column gas chromatography mass spectrometry
- 1 April 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Mass Spectrometry
- Vol. 11 (4) , 155-158
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bms.1200110403
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.Keywords
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