Mass spectra are the data records produced by mass spectrometry, plotting the relative abundance of ions against their mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) after a sample is ionized and its ions separated. The pattern of molecular and fragment ions, together with isotopic distributions, encodes a compound's molecular weight, …
Mass spectra are the data records produced by mass spectrometry, plotting the relative abundance of ions against their mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) after a sample is ionized and its ions separated. The pattern of molecular and fragment ions, together with isotopic distributions, encodes a compound's molecular weight, elemental composition, and structural features, making mass spectra a primary means of identifying and quantifying analytes and of inferring structure from characteristic fragmentation. Coupled to chromatographic separation in techniques such as LC-MS and GC-MS, they enable analysis of complex mixtures in clinical, pharmaceutical, environmental, and forensic settings. Research relevant to this area includes evaluation of isotopic abundance ratios in pharmaceutical compounds such as ofloxacin, metronidazole, L-tryptophan, and ascorbic acid using LC-MS and GC-MS, characterization of cholecalciferol by combined spectrometry, tandem mass-spectrometric quantification of febuxostat and danshensu in plasma for bioequivalence and pharmacokinetic studies, isotope analysis of oligomeric proanthocyanidins, and structural characterization of synthesized derivatives. The journal publishes peer-reviewed work in Developments in Mass Spectrometry that applies mass-spectral analysis to compound identification, isotopic-ratio measurement, structural elucidation, and quantitative bioanalysis, connecting interpretation of mass spectra to applications in drug analysis, natural-product chemistry, and the characterization of synthetic and biological molecules.
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