Detection of melittin – a characteristic peptide of bee venom – in soft medicinal forms by high-resolution chromatography-mass spectrometry
- Authors: Vokuev M.F.1, Oprunenko A.Y.1, Frolova A.V.1, Baygildiev T.M.2,3, Rodin I.A.1,3
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Affiliations:
- Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
- MIREA – Russian Technological University (Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies)
- Issue: Vol 80, No 9 (2025)
- Pages: 987-995
- Section: ORIGINAL ARTICLES
- Submitted: 10.09.2025
- URL: https://bakhtiniada.ru/0044-4502/article/view/308733
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0044450225090071
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/bufljq
- ID: 308733
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About the authors
M. F. Vokuev
Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Email: vokuevmihail11@gmail.com
Moscow, Russia
A. Y. Oprunenko
Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow, Russia
A. V. Frolova
Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow, Russia
T. M. Baygildiev
Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences; MIREA – Russian Technological University (Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies)Moscow, Russia; Moscow, Russia
I. A. Rodin
Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University; MIREA – Russian Technological University (Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies)Moscow, Russia; Moscow, Russia
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