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ReviewBiomarkers : biochemical indicators of exposure, response, and susceptibility to chemicals2016

Mercapturic acids: recent advances in their determination by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry and their use in toxicant metabolism studies and in occupational and environmental exposure studies.

Patricia I Mathias, Clayton B'hymer

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Review in Biomarkers : biochemical indicators of exposure, response, and susceptibility to chemicals, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. High-throughput UPLC-ESI/MSMS method for simultaneous measurement of the urinary metabolites of volatile organic compounds and tobacco alkaloids.Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Patricia I Mathiasa Division of Applied Science and Technology , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Biomonitoring and Health Assessment Branch, Robert a. Taft Laboratories , Cincinnati , OH , USA.
Clayton B'hymera Division of Applied Science and Technology , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Biomonitoring and Health Assessment Branch, Robert a. Taft Laboratories , Cincinnati , OH , USA.

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review describes recent selected HPLC/MS methods for the determination of urinary mercapturates that are useful as noninvasive biomarkers in characterizing human exposure to electrophilic industrial chemicals in occupational and environmental studies. High-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry is a sensitive and specific method for analysis of small molecules found in biological fluids. In this review, recent selected mercapturate quantification methods are summarized and specific cases are presented. The biological formation of mercapturates is introduced and their use as indicators of metabolic processing of reactive toxicants is discussed, as well as future trends and limitations in this area of research.

Indexed as

Environmental ExposureOccupational ExposureAcetylcysteineBiomarkersChromatography, High Pressure LiquidHumansMass SpectrometryAcetylcysteineBiomarkersInternal exposureliquid chromatographymass spectrometrymercapturic acidtoxicant metabolismurinary biomarker

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PMID26900903
PMCPMC4894522

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