title: Analysis of phenolic and cyclic compounds in plants using derivatization techniques in combination with GC-MS-based metabolite profiling.
abstract: Metabolite profiling has been established as a modern technology platform for the description of complex chemical matrices and compound identification in biological samples. Gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) in particular is a fast and accurate method widely applied in diagnostics, functional genomics and for screening purposes. Following solvent extraction and derivatization, hundreds of metabolites from different chemical groups can be characterized in one analytical run. Besides sugars, acids, and polyols, diverse phenolic and other cyclic metabolites can be efficiently detected by metabolite profiling. The review describes own results from plant research to exemplify the applicability of GC-MS profiling and concurrent detection and identification of phenolics and other cyclic structures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim 7491, Norway. jens.rohloff@bio.ntnu.no.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rohloff
mesh_terms: D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010636:Phenols