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Progress in Application of Mass Spectrometry Imaging Technique in Food science

Xue-Mei TANG Shu-Yue XIE 2, 2,   

  • Received:2018-05-28 Revised:2019-05-05 Online:2019-07-15 Published:2019-07-23

Abstract: Mass spectrometry imaging is an untargeted and label-free chemical imaging technique that allows for the analysis of hundreds to thousands of molecules in a single experiment. As an emerging “molecular microscope”, Chemical imaging based on mass spectrometry has become common in the biomedicine, pharmaceutical, and botanical research communities, it is an emerging technology which has opened opportunities for fundamental research in food science. This review briefly describes the development of mass spectrometry imaging and its ionization techniques, and systematically summarizes the recent application of mass spectrometry imaging in the field of food science.

Key words: mass spectrometry, molecular imaging, food analysis, safety and quality

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