Food Metabolomics of Alcoholic Beverage Using Single-Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer—Oligosaccharide and Polysaccharide Profiling—

User Benefits

- A single quadrupole LC/MS system allows for highly sensitive analysis of oligosaccharides at sub-nanogram levels. - The wide mass range of the LCMS-2050 system allows for comprehensive profiling of oligosaccharides and polysaccharides in alcoholic beverages. - The Multi-omic Analysis Package allows even inexperienced users to perform multivariate analyses with ease.

Introduction

Food metabolomics is the application of metabolomic techniques for food. In recent years, food metabolomics has begun to be used for a variety of purposes, including food quality assessment, predicting food quality, improving manufacturing and storage processes, and evaluating functional properties. Although food contains a huge number of metabolites, many of the metabolites linked to flavor, quality, and functional properties have been identified by prior research. Because of this, food metabolomics normally targets pre-determined components of interest. Focusing only on these important components and performing an exhaustive analysis of them is an efficient approach for achieving useful results. Application News 01-00334-EN describes a case of food metabolomics in which a single quadrupole LC/MS system was used to perform targeted analysis of mainly amino acid, organic acid, and nucleic acid metabolites. This Application News describes an example in which a single quadrupole LC/MS system was used to perform a comprehensive analysis and profiling of oligosaccharide and polysaccharide components. Compared to triple quadrupole LC/MS systems, single quadrupole LC/MS systems are cheaper and offer easier parameter configurations so even users inexperienced in mass spectrometry can perform metabolomic analyses with ease.

August 31, 2022 GMT