Recent developments of proton-transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) and its applications in medical research

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-165

  Zhan, Xuefang ^a   Duan, Jiana ^b   Duan, Yixiang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

breath analysis; mass spectrometry; medical diagnostics; proton transfer reaction; volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BREATH ANALYSIS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INSTRUMENTAL DESIGN; ITS APPLICATIONS; LOW DETECTION LIMIT; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON-VOLATILE; ON-LINE DETERMINATION; PROTON TRANSFER REACTIONS; PROTON-TRANSFER REACTION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS);

MASS SPECTROMETRY; RESEARCH; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PROTONS;

CATION; HYDRONIUM ION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BREATH TESTS; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ONIUM COMPOUNDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84874259068     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: 10982787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.21357     Document Type: Review

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