Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) has emerged as an important tool in the last decade and it
is beginning to show potential to provide new information in many fields owing to its unique …

Metabolomics aims at the comprehensive assessment of a wide range of endogenous
metabolites and attempts to identify and quantify the attractive metabolites in a given …

This biennial review discusses advances in the field of ambient sampling/ionization mass
spectrometry (“ambient MS” for short) in the period ranging from January 2009 to January …

Depending on age, phase in the cell cycle, nutrition, and environmental factors, individual
cells exhibit large metabolic diversity. To explore metabolic variations in cell populations …

Atmospheric pressure imaging mass spectrometry is a rapidly expanding field that offers
advantages in the ability to study biological systems in their native condition, simplified …

Three-dimensional (3D) imaging of molecular distributions offers insight into the correlation
between biochemical processes and the spatial organization of a biological tissue …

Since the introduction of desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) mass spectrometry (MS),
ambient MS methods have seen increased use in a variety of fields from health to food …

This short review aims to summarize the current developments and applications of mass
spectrometry-based methods for in situ profiling and imaging of plants with minimal or no …

Ambient analysis of metabolites and lipids from unprocessed animal tissue by mass
spectrometry remains a challenge. The utility of the two novel ambient ionization techniques …

Laser has been an important tool in mass spectrometry due to its multifunctional capability of
desorption and ionization. However, the ionization efficiency by irradiating laser beams on a …