Benzoyl chloride (BCl), hydrochloride salts of unlabeled dimethylamine (D0-DMA), hexadeutero-dimethylamine (D6-DMA, declared as 99 at.% 2H), l-arginine, SDMA, ADMA, l-citrulline, and sodium tetraborate were procured from Sigma-Aldrich (Poznan, Poland). Isotope-labeled l-arginine:HCl (D7-arginine, 98%) and asymmetric dimethylarginine (2,3,3,4,4,5,5-D7-ADMA, 98%) were obtained from Cambridge Isotope Laboratories (Tewksbury, MA, USA). Methanol, acetonitrile, water, and formic acid were acquired from Merck Millipore (Warsaw, Poland), and leucine–enkephalin was obtained from Waters (Milford, MA, USA).
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