Distribution Studies of Drugs and Metabolites in Tissue by Mass Spectrometric Imaging
Richard F. Reich
Department of Chemistry and Medicine University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Search for more papers by this authorDaniel P. Magparangalan
Department of Chemistry and Medicine University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Search for more papers by this authorTimothy J. Garrett
Department of Chemistry and Medicine University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Search for more papers by this authorRichard A. Yost
Department of Chemistry and Medicine University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Search for more papers by this authorRichard F. Reich
Department of Chemistry and Medicine University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Search for more papers by this authorDaniel P. Magparangalan
Department of Chemistry and Medicine University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Search for more papers by this authorTimothy J. Garrett
Department of Chemistry and Medicine University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Search for more papers by this authorRichard A. Yost
Department of Chemistry and Medicine University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMingshe Zhu
Department of Biotransformation, Bristol-Myers Squibb Research and Development, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Search for more papers by this authorSummary
This chapter contains sections titled:
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Introduction
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Tissue Imaging Techniques
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Mass Spectrometric Imaging Background
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MSI Methodology
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Applications of MSI for Detection of Drug Metabolites in Tissue
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Conclusions
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Acknowledgments
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References
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