title: Use of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry selected-ion recording for sterol content pattern recognition in fungal classification.
abstract: Chemotaxonomic studies are frequently limited by the volume of data obtained and the difficulty of reducing this to statistically interpretable results. This paper describes the use of a straightforward procedure for relating the pattern of occurrence of sterols in fungi, analysed by mass spectrometry, to their classification.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Dermatology, U.M.D.S., St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Howell
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Noble
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Mallet
mesh_terms: D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification*; D013261:Sterols / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D013261:Sterols