Metabolite finger- printing

Metabolite fingerprinting of blood and biological fluids

A high-resolution mass spectrometry method, allowing the targeted analysis of more than 200 metabolites with the option for an untargeted analysis of all signals in the sample.

Analytes

m/z 70 – 2000 in full scan or data dependent scan

yields currently 170 known metabolites from plasma/serum

data type

relative

Matrix

Plasma, biological fluids

Sample Volume

25-500µl

Sample Extraction

Precipitation with either Acetone, TCA or Methanol

Analysis Techniques

LC/MS/MS

Analysis Instruments

LTQ Orbitrap XL or Q-Exactive MS, Dionex Ultimate 3000

 

References:

Fröhlich et al. (2016): Cognitive impairment by antibiotic-induced gut dysbiosis: Analysis of gut microbiota-brain communication

Libiseller et al. (2015): IPO: a tool for automated optimization of XCMS parameters.