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Simple and sensitive determination of α- and β-amanitin by liquid chromatography–quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry

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This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (23390183).

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  1. Department of Legal Medicine and Bioethics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan

    Akira Ishii, Maiko Kusano & Kei Zaitsu

  2. AB SCIEX, 4-7-35 Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 140-0001, Japan

    Miho Tada

  3. Department of Legal Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1195, Japan

    Tadashi Ogawa, Hideki Hattori & Hiroshi Seno

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Ishii, A., Tada, M., Kusano, M. et al. Simple and sensitive determination of α- and β-amanitin by liquid chromatography–quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Forensic Toxicol 32, 342–346 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11419-014-0241-x

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