Tamoxifen and its acid hydrolysis products were separated and tentatively i
dentified by non-aqueous capillary electrophoresis with thermooptical absor
bance and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Acid hydrolysis is a c
onvenient method of generating tamoxifen degradation products. The parent c
ompound and seven hydrolysis products were separated in 9 min. (C) 2000 Els
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