Metabolomic database annotations <it>via </it>query of elemental compositions: Mass accuracy is insufficient even at less than 1 ppm

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Metabolomic studies are targeted at identifying and quantifying all metabolites in a given biological context. Among the tools used for metabolomic research, mass spectrometry is one of the most powerful tools. However, metabolomics...

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Main Authors: Fiehn Oliver, Kind Tobias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-04-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/7/234