Streamlining plant sample preparation: The use of high-throughput robotics to process Echinacea samples for biomarker profiling by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

Journal of Biomolecular Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 238-244

  Greene, Leasa A ^a   Isaac, Issa ^b   Gray, Dean E ^a   Schwartz, Sarah A ^a  

^a MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Genomic Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated sample preparation; Automation; Botanical products; Echinacea; MALDI TOF MS; ProPrep

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECHINACEA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ECHINACEA; ROBOTICS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 36049028940     PISSN: 15240215     EISSN: 19434731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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