Adding methanol to α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid butylamine salt as a liquid matrix to form a homogeneous spot on a focusing plate for highly sensitive and reproducible analyses in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry

Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2014 Mar 30;28(6):662-4. doi: 10.1002/rcm.6818.

Authors

Yuko Fukuyama¹, Natsumi Funakoshi, Shinichi Iwamoto, Koichi Tanaka

Affiliation

¹ Koichi Tanaka Mass Spectrometry Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, 1 Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, 604-8511, Japan; Koichi Tanaka Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology, Shimadzu Corporation, 1 Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, 604-8511, Japan.

PMID: 24519829
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6818

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Coumaric Acids / chemistry*
Methanol / chemistry*
Peptides / analysis
Peptides / chemistry
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / methods*

Substances

Coumaric Acids
Peptides
alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate
Methanol