Two-dimensional mass defect matrix plots for mapping genealogical links in mixtures of lignin depolymerisation products.

ABSTRACT: Lignin is the second most abundant natural biopolymer, and lignin wastes are therefore potentially significant sources for renewable chemicals such as fuel compounds, as alternatives to fossil fuels. Waste valorisation of lignin is currently limited to a few applications such as in the pulp industry, however, because of the lack of effective extraction and characterisation methods for the chemically highly complex mixtures after decomposition. Here, we have implemented high resolution mass spectrometry and developed two-dimensional mass defect matrix plots as a data visualisation tool, similar to the Kendrick mass defect plots implemented in fields such as petroleomics. These 2D matrix plots greatly simplified the highly convoluted lignin mass spectral data acquired from Fourier transform

SUBMITTER: Qi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4914518 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature