title: Mass spectrometry strategies in metabolomics.
abstract: MS has evolved as a critical component in metabolomics, which seeks to answer biological questions through large-scale qualitative and quantitative analyses of the metabolome. MS-based metabolomics techniques offer an excellent combination of sensitivity and selectivity, and they have become an indispensable platform in biology and metabolomics. In this minireview, various MS technologies used in metabolomics are briefly discussed, and future needs are suggested.
authors.affiliation: Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402, USA.
authors.forename: Zhentian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: David V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Huhman
authors.forename: Lloyd W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Sumner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002845:Chromatography; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D055432:Metabolomics / Q000379:methods*