Direct laser desorption ionization of endogenous and exogenous compounds from insect cuticles: Practical and methodologic aspects

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1273-1284

  Yew, Joanne Y ^a,b,c   Soltwisch, Jens ^a   Pirkl, Alexander ^a   Dreisewerd, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Drosophila melanogaster; FALDI; Pheromones; Triglycerides; UV LDI MS

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODS; CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FALDI; PHEROMONES; TRIGLYCERIDES; UV-LDI MS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; DESORPTION; FATTY ACIDS; FREE FLIGHT; HORMONES; HYDROCARBONS; ION SOURCES; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONS; LIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS; UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

INFRARED LASERS;

FATTY ACID; HYDROCARBON; PHEROMONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; COOLING; CUTICLE; HONEYBEE; INSECT; LIMB; LIPID ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; SPIDER; ULTRAVIOLET LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS; INSECTS; MALE; MANDIBLE; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPIDERS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WING;

APIS MELLIFERA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; TAXUS;

EID: 79959984724     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-011-0110-3     Document Type: Article

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