Vol. 5 (2016)

Review

Technical Challenges in Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics

Fumio Matsuda

Original Article

A Method for Simultaneous Determination of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 and Its 3-Sulfate in Newborn Plasma by LC/ESI-MS/MS after Derivatization with a Proton-Affinitive Cookson-Type Reagent

Tatsuya Higashi, Mai Yokota, Ayaka Goto, Kenji Komatsu, Takahiro Sugiura, Shoujiro Ogawa, Mamoru Satoh, Fumio Nomura

Original Article

Identification of Two Sulfated Cholesterol Metabolites Found in the Urine of a Patient with Niemann–Pick Disease Type C as Novel Candidate Diagnostic Markers

Masamitsu Maekawa, Kaoru Omura, Shoutaro Sekiguchi, Takashi Iida, Daisuke Saigusa, Hiroaki Yamaguchi, Nariyasu Mano

Original Article

Reduced Sampling Size with Nanopipette for Tapping-Mode Scanning Probe Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging

Tsuyoshi Kohigashi, Yoichi Otsuka, Ryo Shimazu, Takuya Matsumoto, Futoshi Iwata, Hideya Kawasaki, Ryuichi Arakawa

Original Article

Determination of Optimal Vapor Pressure Data by the Second and Third Law Methods

Kunihisa Nakajima

Original Article

Ionization Capabilities of Hydronium Ions and High Electric Fields Produced by Atmospheric Pressure Corona Discharge

Natsuhiko Sato, Kanako Sekimoto, Mitsuo Takayama

Original Article

Development of Remote Sampling ESI Mass Spectrometry for the Rapid and Automatic Analysis of Multiple Samples

Yuki Yamada, Satoshi Ninomiya, Kenzo Hiraoka, Lee Chuin Chen

Review

MALDI In-Source Decay of Protein: The Mechanism of c-Ion Formation

Mitsuo Takayama

Original Article

Determination of Detection Limits and Quantitation Limits for Compounds in a Database of GC/MS by FUMI Theory

Shinya Nakashima, Yuzuru Hayashi

Original Article

Identification of Anthropogenic Compounds in Urban Environments and Evaluation of Automated Methods for Reading Fragmentation: A Case of River Water

Atsushi Yamamoto, Naoko Matsumoto, Hideya Kawasaki, Ryuichi Arakawa

Original Article

Rapid and Accurate Identification of Animal Species in Natural Leather Goods by Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

Yukari Izuchi, Tsuneo Takashima, Naoya Hatano

Original Article

Metabolomic Analysis of Gingival Crevicular Fluid Using Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

Miho Ozeki, Takenori Nozaki, Jun Aoki, Takeshi Bamba, Kirk R. Jensen, Shinya Murakami, Michisato Toyoda

Original Article

Photochemical Reactions of Aminonaphthols Caused by Laser Desorption/Ionization

Keishiro Nagoshi, Kazuma Inatomi, Issey Osaka, Mitsuo Takayama

Original Article

Verification of Ribosomal Proteins of Aspergillus fumigatus for Use as Biomarkers in MALDI-TOF MS Identification

Sayaka Nakamura, Hiroaki Sato, Reiko Tanaka, Takashi Yaguchi

Original Article

Multi-stage Mass Spectrometry of Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) and Its Vinyl Succinimide Copolymer Formed upon Exposure to Sodium Hypochlorite

Thierry Fouquet, Masaki Torimura, Hiroaki Sato

Original Article

N-Terminal Derivatization with Structures Having High Proton Affinity for Discrimination between Leu and Ile Residues in Peptides by High-Energy Collision-Induced Dissociation

Atsushi Kitanaka, Masahiro Miyashita, Ayumi Kubo, Takaya Satoh, Michisato Toyoda, Hisashi Miyagawa

Original Article

High Spatial Resolution Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Organic Layers in an Organic Light-Emitting Diode

Yuko Tachibana, Yoji Nakajima, Tsuguhide Isemura, Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Takaya Satoh, Jun Aoki, Michisato Toyoda