Separation assay of histamine and its metabolites in biological specimens.
This review summarizes the determination methods for histamine and the metabolites in biological specimens by separation techniques, such as gas chromatography, liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis. The typical applications using these methods are also described in this review together with the characteristics of the methods.
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Division of Bio-Analytical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Global COE Program, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan. toyooka@ys2.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp
D000818:Animals; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods*; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary / Q000379:methods*; D006632:Histamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans
D006632:Histamine