title: Tri-butoxyethyl phosphate as a contaminant in B-D Vacutainers.
abstract: An unknown compound was extracted from serum samples. The compound was studied by gas-liquid chromatography, thin-layer chromatography, and mass spectrometry, and was positively identified as tri-butoxyethyl phosphate. The source of this compound was traced to B-D Vacutainers used to collect blood. The importance of this finding is briefly pointed out.
mesh_terms: D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000097:blood* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds