Exploring foods as natural sources of FAHFAs—A review of occurrence, extraction, analytical techniques and emerging bioactive potential

TM Olajide, W Cao - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Fatty acid esters of hydroxy fatty acids (FAHFAs) are a class of recently
discovered novel lipids gaining increasing attention due to their diverse biological roles …

Recent advances in gas-phase ion/ion chemistry for lipid analysis

HC Chao, SA McLuckey - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Gas-phase ion/ion reactions can be used to alter analyte ion-types for subsequent
dissociation both quickly and efficiently without the need for altering analyte ionization …

Perspective on emerging mass spectrometry technologies for comprehensive lipid structural elucidation

JR Bonney, BM Prentice - Analytical chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lipids and metabolites are of interest in many clinical and research settings because it is the
metabolome that is increasingly recognized as a more dynamic and sensitive molecular …

Amyloid β induces lipid droplet-mediated microglial dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

P Prakash, P Manchanda, E Paouri, K Bisht… - …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Several microglia-expressed genes have emerged as top risk variants for Alzheimer's
disease (AD). Impaired microglial phagocytosis is one of the main proposed outcomes by …

The measurement, regulation and biological activity of FAHFAs

D Tan, A Saghatelian - Nature Chemical Biology, 2025 - nature.com
Fatty acid esters of hydroxy fatty acids (FAHFAs) are bioactive lipids that are positively
correlated with metabolic health in humans and mice. Since their discovery, understanding …

Identification of monomethyl branched-chain lipids by a combination of liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry and charge-switching chemistries

CE Randolph, CH Beveridge, S Iyer… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
While various mass spectrometric approaches have been applied to lipid analysis,
unraveling the extensive structural diversity of lipids remains a significant challenge …

Localization of carbon–carbon double bond and cyclopropane sites in cardiolipins via gas-phase charge inversion reactions

CE Randolph, DSM Shenault… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cardiolipins (CLs) are comprised of two phosphatic acid moieties bound to a central glycerol
backbone and are substituted with four acyl chains. Consequently, a vast number of distinct …

In-depth structural characterization and quantification of cerebrosides and glycosphingosines with gas-phase ion chemistry

HC Chao, SA McLuckey - Analytical chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cerebrosides (n-HexCer) and glycosphingosines (n-HexSph) constitute two sphingolipid
subclasses. Both are comprised of a monosaccharide headgroup (glucose or galactose in …

The chemical and biological characteristics of fatty acid esters of hydroxyl fatty acids

S Zhu, Y He, JN Lei, YF Liu, YJ Xu - Nutrition Reviews, 2025 - academic.oup.com
With the continuous advancements in detection methods and the exploration of unknown
substances, an increasing number of bioactive compounds are being discovered. Fatty acid …

Enhancing detection and characterization of lipids using charge manipulation in electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry

CE Randolph, SJ Blanksby, SA McLuckey - Chemistry and physics of lipids, 2020 - Elsevier
Heightened awareness regarding the implication of disturbances in lipid metabolism with
respect to prevalent human-related pathologies demands analytical techniques that provide …