Lipids are defined as substances derived from living tissues that can be extracted or
solubilized in organic solvents. This rather loose definition encompasses a quite diverse …

Mass spectrometric rearrangement reactions have been reported for a large variety of
compounds such as peptides, lipids, and carbohydrates. In the case of carbohydrates this …

Completely revised and updated, this text provides an easy-to-read guide to the concept of
mass spectrometry and demonstrates its potential and limitations. Written by internationally …

An alkane-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterial strain, AK-01, was isolated from an
estuarine sediment with a history of chronic petroleum contamination. The bacterium is a …

The specific cleavage of N-Cα bonds on the peptide backbone to form the so-called 'c'and
'z+ 2'products, which can be used for the rapid determination of protein amino-acid …

An alkane-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterial strain, AK-01, isolated from a petroleum-
contaminated sediment was studied to elucidate its mechanism of alkane metabolism. Total …

Saturated branched chain fatty acids (BCFA) are present as complex mixtures in numerous
biological samples. The traditional method for structure elucidation, electron ionization (EI) …

The McLafferty rearrangement (McLR) of the methyl valerate molecular ion has been
comprehensively studied from the standpoints of the timescale for the keto–enol …

A new mechanism, termed a charge-assisted process, is proposed as an additional
mechanism to the charge-remote process to account for ions of the [M− CnH2n+ 2] series …

The in-source decay (ISD) phenomenon, the fragmentation at an N–C α bond of a peptide
backbone that occurs within several tens of nanoseconds in the ion-source in matrix …