Lipidomics by ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry and its application to complex biological samples

Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences

Volumn 1053, Issue , 2017, Pages 72-80

  Triebl, Alexander ^a   Trötzmüller, Martin ^a   Hartler, Jürgen ^b   Stojakovic, Tatjana ^a   Köfeler, Harald C ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c Omics Center Graz   (Austria)

Author keywords

High performance liquid chromatography; High resolution mass spectrometry; Lipid structural isomers; Quantitative lipidomics

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLYCEROL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERS; LIPIDS; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEGATIVE IONS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SPECTROMETRY;

AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIMITS OF QUANTITATIONS; LIPIDOMICS; ORBITRAP MASS SPECTROMETRIES; REVERSED PHASE CHROMATOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL ISOMERS; ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIES;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANION; GLYCEROLIPID; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; SPHINGOLIPID; LIPID;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ISOMER; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPIDOMICS; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOMERISM; METABOLOMICS; MOUSE; PROCEDURES; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, REVERSE-PHASE; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; LIPIDS; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOMICS; MICE;

EID: 85017433721     PISSN: 15700232     EISSN: 1873376X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2017.03.027     Document Type: Article

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