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A type of chromatography in which separation of a mixture is achieved by passing a sample in a stream of liquid solvent through some form of material that will provide resistance by virtue of chemical interactions between the components of the sample and the material.
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LC/MS is a hyphenated technique, combining the separation power of liquid chromatography (LC), an analytical chromatographic technique for separating ions or molecules dissolved in a solvent, with the detection power of mass spectrometry(MS), a technique to separate gas phase ions according their m/z (mass to charge ratio) value. Used for drug screening, pharmacology studies, environmental analyses and forensics.
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An analytical technique wherein liquid chromatography is coupled to tandem mass spectrometry in order to separate, identify, and quantify substances in a sample.
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Separation of protein fractions by precipitation, chromatography, or other methods.
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Mass spectrometers coupled in series. The targeted compound is selectively ionized, and its characteristic ions are separated from others in the mixture in the first mass spectrometer. The selected primary ions are then decomposed by collision, and from the resulting products the final mass analyzer selects secondary ions characteristic of the targeted compound. Tandem mass spectrometry can achieve specificities and sensitivities equivalent of those of methods such as radioimmunoassay and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, while performing analyses in much shorter times.
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