Liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry characterization of metabolites guided by the METLIN database
Zhu ZJ, Schultz AW, Wang J, Johnson CH, Yannone SM, Patti GJ, Siuzdak G. Liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry characterization of metabolites guided by the METLIN database. Nature Protocols 2013, 8: 451-460. PMID: 23391889, PMCID: PMC3666335, DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiquid chromatography-quadrupole timeProfiling experimentsMETLIN metabolite databaseMore populationsSeven-step protocolFlight mass spectrometry characterizationMost biological samplesFlight mass spectrometryMass spectrometry characterizationTandem MSMetabolomic featuresQuadrupole timeComprehensive platformUntargeted metabolomicsMass spectrometryMS dataMETLIN databaseLC-Q-TOFMetabolitesMetabolite databasesBiological samplesThousands of peaks