Advanced Mass Spectrometry Imaging for Analysis of Plant Metabolites in Food and Plant Sciences
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2021) | Viewed by 3627
Special Issue Editors
2. Division of Integrated Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University, Utsunomiya 320-8551, Japan
3. Advanced Instrumental Analysis Center, Teikyo University, Utsunomiya 320-8551, Japan
Interests: mass spectrometry imaging; metabolites; food analysis; plant analysis; spatiotemporal analysis; matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization; desorption electrospray ionization
Interests: plant hormones; biologicaly active molecules; single-cell mass spectrometry; imaging mass spectrometry; spatiotemporal distribution of molecules; plant physiology
2. Division of Integrated Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University, Utsunomiya 320-8551, Japan
Interests: plant immunity; plant hormones; secondary metabolites; biosynthesis; transcription factors; mass spectrometry; phytoalexin; jasmonic acid
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants are essential not only for foods but also for pharmaceuticals or industrial products. Plants biosynthesize various primary and secondary metabolites including amino acids, carbohydrates, organic acids, phytochemicals, and plant hormones. These are related to the nutrition, food functions, regulation of plant growth, and responses to stresses.
Mass spectrometry (MS) plays an important role in the analysis of plant metabolites. High-performance liquid chromatography-MS and gas chromatography-MS are used for the quantitative and qualitative analyses of plant metabolites in plant tissues, as well as in animal tissues after consumption. These techniques provide important information for understanding the biological and physiological functions of the plant metabolites of interest. However, obtaining distributional data is often difficult using these techniques because they require metabolite extraction from biological samples.
Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is an ideal complementary technique used to visualize the distribution of metabolites of interest in subjects of analysis without the need for complicated preliminary procedures. At present, the versatility of MSI is opening new frontiers in food and plant sciences; however, the methodology and applications of MSI are not fully established. In this Special Issue, we hope to introduce various studies using MSI for the analysis of plant metabolites. We would also like to extend this Special Issue to include studies on algae.
Dr. Hirofumi Enomoto
Dr. Mitsunori Seo
Dr. Koji Miyamoto
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mass spectrometry imaging
- matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI)
- desorption electrospray ionization (DESI)
- food science
- plant science
- primary metabolites
- specialized metabolites
- plant hormones
- analytical chemistry
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