Direct analysis of terpenes from biological buffer systems using SESI and IR-MALDESI.

ABSTRACT: Terpenes are the largest class of natural products with a wide range of applications including use as pharmaceuticals, fragrances, flavorings, and agricultural products. Terpenes are biosynthesized by the condensation of a variable number of isoprene units resulting in linear polyisoprene diphosphate units, which can then be cyclized by terpene synthases into a range of complex structures. While these cyclic structures have immense diversity and potential in different applications, their direct analysis in biological buffer systems requires intensive sample preparation steps such as salt cleanup, extraction with organic solvents, and chromatographic separations. Electrospray post-ionization can be used to circumvent many sample cleanup and desalting steps. SESI and IR-MALDESI are two examp

SUBMITTER: Nazari M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11771323 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature