| Literature DB >> 21645635 |
Livia S Eberlin1, Christina R Ferreira, Allison L Dill, Demian R Ifa, R Graham Cooks.
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Desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (DESI-MS) imaging of biological samples allows untargeted analysis and structural characterization of lipids ionized from the near-surface region of a sample under ambient conditions. DESI is a powerful and sensitive MS ionization method for 2D and 3D imaging of lipids from direct and unmodified complex biological samples. This review describes the strengths and limitations of DESI-MS for lipid characterization and imaging together with the technical workflow and a survey of applications. Included are discussions of lipid mapping and biomarker discovery as well as a perspective on the future of DESI imaging. Copyright ÂEntities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21645635 PMCID: PMC3205348 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2011.05.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta ISSN: 0006-3002