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Here, we describe the LC-MS/MS quantification of 46 molecules representing five major classes of endogenous endocannabinoids and endocannabinoid-related compounds in human blood serum and its lipoprotein fractions.
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Bilgin, M., Shevchenko, A. (2017). Quantification of Endogenous Endocannabinoids by LC-MS/MS. In: Wood, P. (eds) Lipidomics. Neuromethods, vol 125. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6946-3_7
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