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Organic Nitrates: Analytical Techniques

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Most analytical techniques in the field of organic nitrates have been developed for the study of explosives or for pharmaceutical purposes; therefore, these techniques are often only qualitative or, if quantitative, their limit of detection is far above the concentrations one can expect to occur in biological fluids.

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Bogaert, M.G. (1975). Organic Nitrates: Analytical Techniques. In: Needleman, P. (eds) Organic Nitrates. Handbuch der experimentellen Pharmakologie / Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 40. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66024-5_3

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