Biomonitoring potential of trace metal accumulation and bioavailability in coral skeletons and reef sediments of Persian Gulf: A comparative study by Seyed Hassan Mousavi, Mehdi Gholamalifard, Seyed Mahmoud Ghasempouri

“…Finally, trace metals were analyzed using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry instrument. The results show severe anthropogenic pollution at sites I and II compared to site III and significant differences between their sampling stations. …”
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Quality Evaluation of Wushan Codonopsis pilosula with Different Growth Years by Meiling GUO, Wenpin WANG, Luhan HUANG, Lili YANG, Yusen YUE, Sibo QIU, Jianquan KAN, Muying DU

“…High performance liquid chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) were used to analyse for differences in nutrients, organic acids, hydrolysed amino acids, active ingredients and volatile components. …”
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Canagliflozin attenuates kidney injury, gut-derived toxins, and gut microbiota imbalance in high-salt diet-fed Dahl salt-sensitive rats by Lili He, Qingjuan Zuo, Sai Ma, Guorui Zhang, Zhongli Wang, Tingting Zhang, Jianlong Zhai, Yifang Guo

“…This study employed 16S rRNA sequencing technology and liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS)-based metabolic profiling combined with advanced differential and association analyses to investigate the correlation between the microbiome and the metabolome in male DSS rats.Results A high-salt diet disrupted the balance of the intestinal flora and increased toxic metabolites (methyhistidines, creatinine, homocitrulline, and indoxyl sulfate), resulting in severe kidney damage. …”
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Establishment of Sensory Evaluation Method for Wolfberry Tea and Exploration of the Main Characteristic Aroma Substances by Yuanchao LI, Qinji LI, Yuqiong GUO, Zhilong HAO, Shan JIN

“…Based on the physicochemical methods and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) technology, the difference of taste and aroma substances between buds and leaves of wolfberry tea, were analyzed, and the main characteristic aroma compounds of wolfberry tea were explored. …”
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Effects of thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) addition on the volatile compounds of mutton broth during boiling by Shasha Qi, Ping Zhan, Honglei Tian, Peng Wang, Xueping Ma, Kaixuan Li

“…A total of 99 volatile compounds were identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, among which 19 compounds were considered as the odor-active compounds according to their odor activity values. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Cytotoxicity Research of Sulfur-Containing Metal Complexes by Yanting Yang, Danqin Li, Mei Luo

“…The structure of the complex was analyzed using infrared Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy (UV–Vis), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and electrospray mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), and the thermal stability and composition of the complex were detected via thermogravimetry (TGA). …”
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Effects of Volatile Components on Mixing State and Size Distribution of Individual Black Carbon Aerosols by Kangning Li, XiaoFei Wang, Xiaohui Lu, Hong Chen, Xin Yang

“…Abstract In this study, the effects of different volatile components on the mixing state and size distribution of ambient individual black carbon (BC) aerosols were measured using thermo-denudation with single-particle soot photometry and single-particle aerosol mass spectrometry from September 9 to September 27, 2018, in Shanghai, China. …”
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Infections Caused by Actinomyces neuii: A Case Series and Review of an Unusual Bacterium by Nathan Zelyas, Susan Gee, Barb Nilsson, Tracy Bennett, Robert Rennie

“…Isolates’ identities were confirmed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry microbial identification system (MALDI-TOF MS MIS; bioMérieux) and/or DNA sequencing. …”
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Detection of chimeric alpha-defensin transcripts and peptides in mouse Paneth cells by Steven Timmermans, Steven Timmermans, Charlotte Wallaeys, Charlotte Wallaeys, Somara De Beul, Somara De Beul, Natalia Garcia-Gonzales, Natalia Garcia-Gonzales, Claude Libert, Claude Libert

“…Despite their low abundance (less than 0.3%), mass spectrometry confirmed the presence of chimeric peptides. …”
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Proteomic Analysis Reveals the Vital Role of Synaptic Plasticity in the Pathogenesis of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy by Xu Qian, Ji-Qiang Ding, Xin Zhao, Xin-Wen Sheng, Zhao-Rui Wang, Qi-xing Yang, Jing-Jun Zheng, Jia-Gui Zhong, Teng-Yue Zhang, Shu-Qiao He, Wei-Dong Ji, Wei Li, Mei Zhang

“…Isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantization (iTRAQ) coupled with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) technique was applied for proteomic analysis of hippocampus. …”
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Analysis of the changes of volatile flavor compounds in a traditional Chinese shrimp paste during fermentation based on electronic nose, SPME-GC-MS and HS-GC-IMS by Ying Li, Li Yuan, Huijie Liu, Hongying Liu, Yue Zhou, Miaonan Li, Ruichang Gao

“…A total of 106 volatile flavor compounds in the shrimp paste samples at different fermentation stages were identified by solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SPME-GC-MS) and headspace-gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry (HS-GC-IMS). …”
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Rapid detection of Tulipalin A with SESI-Orbitrap MS: an exploration across spring flowers by An N. T. Phan, Roy Eerlings, Hendrik G. Mengers, Lars M. Blank

“…Results Here, we demonstrated the secondary electrospray ionization coupled Orbitrap mass spectrometry (SESI-Orbitrap MS) methodology for quantifying tulipalin A release from plants upon injury. …”
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N-acetylated sugars in clownfish and damselfish skin mucus as messengers involved in chemical recognition by anemone host by Sara Heim, Tony Teav, Fabio Cortesi, Hector Gallart-Ayala, Julijana Ivanisevic, Nicolas Salamin

“…The free and total sialic acid content, including its conjugated form, and three other intermediates of this pathway were quantified using a stable isotope dilution mass spectrometry approach. We found significantly higher levels of sialic acid and its precursor in the non-symbiotic damselfishes. …”
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Development and Validation of a GC-MS Method for the Detection and Quantification of Clotiapine in Blood and Urine Specimens and Application to a Postmortem Case by Giulio Mannocchi, Flaminia Pantano, Roberta Tittarelli, Miriam Catanese, Federica Umani Ronchi, Francesco Paolo Busardò

“…The aim of the present study is the development and validation of a method that allows the detection and quantification of clotiapine in blood and urine specimens by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Methods. Validation was performed working on spiked postmortem blood and urine samples. …”
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Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Aloe vera from the Pica Oasis (Tarapacá, Chile) by UHPLC-Q/Orbitrap/MS/MS by Cristina Quispe, Michael Villalobos, Jorge Bórquez, Mario Simirgiotis

“…The chemical characterization was performed using liquid chromatography (UHPLC) coupled to PDA and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HESI-Q-Orbitrap®-MS) in four different plant parts of Aloe (peel, flowers, gel, and roots). …”
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Differentially expressed whey proteins of donkey and bovine colostrum revealed with a label-free proteomics approach by Mohan Li, Qilong Li, Haikun Yu, Xiumin Zhang, Dehao Li, Wanying Song, Yan Zheng, Xiqing Yue

“…This study aimed to analyze and compare the differentially expressed whey proteins (DEWPs) of donkey and bovine colostrum using high-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry-based proteomics. A total of 620 and 696 whey proteins were characterized in the donkey and bovine colostrum, respectively, including 383 common whey proteins. …”
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Decoding CKD-induced muscle atrophy through the critical role of lncRNA GAS5 and pyroptosis by Rong Huang, Xinying Tang, Shuang Liu, Lijing Sun

“…Furthermore, we pinpointed an interaction between GAS5 and the mitochondrial translation elongation factor (TUFM) through RNA pull-down and mass spectrometry. This interaction amplified NLRP3 activity, contributing to pyroptosis and muscle atrophy. …”
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates Biopolymer Production by Moderately Halophilic Paracoccus onubensis Strain E3: Extraction, Characterization and Synergistic Activity with Sorafenib Drug again... by Hend A. Hamedo, Ahmed E.M. Shokr, Omnia T. Abd-Elsalam, Naglaa Elshafey

“…PHAs were extracted and then subjected to Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), where the spectrum showed a strong band at 1649.72 cm−1 for the carbon (C=O) stretching of the ester group, which is a common feature in PHAs structures, and Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analyses. The GC-MS identified twelve different biodegradable PHA compounds, including hexadecenoic acid and octadecanoic acid. …”
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Identification of defensive antimicrobial compounds from environmental Serratia marcescens SNB-CN88 strain associated with macro-holobiont (termite nest) using a molecular network... by Nguyen, Dung, Levasseur, Marceau, Segret, Juliette, Sorres, Jonathan, Hebra, Téo, Touboul, David, Eparvier, Véronique

“…An integrated approach combining reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography and high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry with the use of molecular networks was applied to annotate novel chemical structures with potential antimicrobial activities. …”
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SOLARIS project: a portable 3D-printed bioaerosol sampler for environmental bacterial collection by Pedro Henrique Dobroes Fonseca, Filipe Miguel Borgas Henriques Duarte, Frederico Silva de Sousa Alves, Jose Alberto de Jesus Borges, Susana Isabel Pinheiro Cardoso, Vania Cristina Henriques Silverio, Wilson David Talhao Antunes

“…Collected samples were found suitable for downstream analysis methods such as culturing, mass spectrometry, molecular detection and electron microscopy. …”
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