Abstract
Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) is a highly reproducible and sensitive analytical technique that has had significant use in the area of metabolite profiling. GC–MS is able to detect a wide variety of metabolites, with highly differing chemistries. In general, extracted biological samples are volatilized prior to separation on a capillary column with a stationary phase suited to the analysis of the compounds of interest. Separated compounds are eluted into a mass spectrometer equipped with an electron impact ionization source, thereby generating a quantifiable mass spectral fingerprint. This chapter describes a method for the trimethylsilyl derivatization of polar metabolites, followed by detection and relative quantification using a gas chromatograph coupled to a single quadrupole mass spectrometer. Using this method will enable the profiling of the greatest range of polar metabolites.
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De Souza, D.P. (2013). Detection of Polar Metabolites Through the Use of Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry. In: Roessner, U., Dias, D. (eds) Metabolomics Tools for Natural Product Discovery. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1055. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-577-4_3
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