Laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry imaging in biology

PA Doble, RG de Vega, DP Bishop, DJ Hare… - Chemical …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Elemental imaging gives insight into the fundamental chemical makeup of living organisms.
Every cell on Earth is comprised of a complex and dynamic mixture of the chemical elements …

Recent advances in quantitative LA-ICP-MS analysis: challenges and solutions in the life sciences and environmental chemistry

A Limbeck, P Galler, M Bonta, G Bauer… - Analytical and …, 2015‏ - Springer
Laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is a widely
accepted method for direct sampling of solid materials for trace elemental analysis. The …

[HTML][HTML] Optical spectroscopy of laser-produced plasmas for standoff isotopic analysis

SS Harilal, BE Brumfield, NL LaHaye… - Applied Physics …, 2018‏ - pubs.aip.org
Rapid, in-field, and non-contact isotopic analysis of solid materials is extremely important to
a large number of applications, such as nuclear nonproliferation monitoring and forensics …

Facets of ICP-MS and their potential in the medical sciences—Part 1: fundamentals, stand-alone and hyphenated techniques

D Clases, R Gonzalez de Vega - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2022‏ - Springer
Since its inception in the early 80s, inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry has
developed to the method of choice for the analysis of elements in complex biological …

ICP-MS and trace element analysis as tools for better understanding medical conditions

RS Amais, GL Donati, MAZ Arruda - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Element constitution and distribution in tissues and body fluids have increasingly become
key pieces of information in life sciences and medicine, and trace elements may be …

Calibration strategies for laser ablation ICP-MS in biological studies: A review

H Pan, L Feng, Y Lu, Y Han, J **ong, H Li - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) has attracted
attentions for its high sensitivity and sufficient spatial resolution in the in-situ analysis and …

High-precision isotopic analysis of essential mineral elements in biomedicine: natural isotope ratio variations as potential diagnostic and/or prognostic markers

M Costas-Rodríguez, J Delanghe… - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
High-precision isotopic analysis of essential mineral elements, mainly Ca, Cu, Fe and Zn,
provides relevant biomedical information. For this application, multi-collector ICP-mass …

Dried matrix spots and clinical elemental analysis. Current status, difficulties, and opportunities

M Resano, MA Belarra, E García-Ruiz… - TrAC Trends in …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
This article examines the increasing importance of dried matrix spots (DMS), such as dried
blood spots, dried urine spots, etc., in biomedical research, the challenges associated with …

Mass spectrometry applications for toxicology

MM Mbughuni, PJ Jannetto, LJ Langman - Ejifcc, 2016‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Toxicology is a multidisciplinary study of poisons, aimed to correlate the quantitative and
qualitative relationships between poisons and their physiological and behavioural effects in …

Emerging applications of high-precision Cu isotopic analysis by MC-ICP-MS

KV Sullivan, JA Kidder, TP Junqueira… - Science of The Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
As a component of many minerals and an essential trace element in most aerobic
organisms, the transition metal element Cu is important for studying reduction-oxidation …