Mass spectral libraries: A statistical review of the visible use

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue , 2016, Pages 636-640

  Milman, Boris L ^a   Zhurkovich, Inna K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^b Institute of Toxicology of Federal Medico Biological Agency   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacterial identification; Chemical identification; Mass spectral library; Mass spectrometry; Metabolomics; Non volatile compounds; Volatile compounds

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; DESORPTION; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATIONS; CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION; MASS SPECTRAL LIBRARIES; METABOLOMICS; NON-VOLATILE COMPOUNDS; VOLATILE COMPOUNDS;

LIBRARIES;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DRUG METABOLITE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEOMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84965146489     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2016.04.024     Document Type: Review

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