Small molecule identification with MOLGEN and mass spectrometry

Metabolites

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 440-462

  Meringer, Markus ^a   Schymanski, Emma L ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CASMI; Mass spectrometry; MOLGEN; MOLGEN MS; MOLGEN MS MS; Small molecule identification; Structure elucidation; Structure generation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLGEN; SMALL MOLECULE IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 85016502241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22181989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/metabo3020440     Document Type: Article

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