A John Wiley&Sons, Inc., Publication, 2009. – 390 p.
Part I InstrumentationDefinitions and explanations
Ann Westman-Brinkmalm and Gunnar Brinkmalm
A mass spectrometer’s building blocks
Ann Westman-Brinkmalm and Gunnar Brinkmalm
Tandem mass spectrometry
Ann Westman-Brinkmalm and Gunnar Brinkmalm
Separation methods
Ann Westman-Brinkmalm, Jerzy Silberring, and Gunnar Brinkmalm
Part II InterpretationIntroduction to mass spectra interpretation: organic chemistry
Albert T. Lebedev
Sequencing of peptides and proteins
Marek Noga, Tomasz Dylag, and Jerzy Silberring
Optimizing sensitivity and specificity in mass spectrometric proteome analysis
Jan Eriksson
Part III ApplicationsDoping control
Graham Trout
Oceanography
R. Timothy Short, Robert H. Byrne, David Hollander, Johan Schijf, Strawn K. Toler, and Edward S. VanVleet
Omics applications
Simone KoЁnig
Space sciences
Robert Sheldon
Bioterrorism
Vito G. DelVecchio and Cesar V. Mujer
Imaging of small molecules
Małgorzata Iwona Szynkowska
Utilization of mass spectrometry in clinical chemistry
Donald H. Chace
Polymers
Maurizio S. Montaudo
Forensic sciences
Maria Kala
Newapproaches to neurochemistry
Jonas Bergquist, Jerzy Silberring, and Rolf Ekman
Part IV Appendix