Metabolomics by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry: Combined targeted and untargeted profiling

Current Protocols in Molecular Biology

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Fiehn, Oliver ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Compound identification; GC MS; Mass spectrometry; Multivariate statistics; Pathway mapping; Precision medicine; Structure elucidation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY FLUID; DATA PROCESSING; FECES ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLOME; METABOLOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL DETECTION; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; WORKFLOW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; METABOLOME; METABOLOMICS; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 85016731212     PISSN: 19343639     EISSN: 19343647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142727.mb3004s114     Document Type: Article

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