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Patent Mass Spectrometry
Patent mass spectrometry is a powerful analytical technique that is used to identify unknown compounds, to quantify known compounds, and to elucidate the structure and chemical properties of molecules. Detection of compounds can be accomplished with very minute quantities (as little as 10-12g, 10-15 moles for a compound of mass 1000 Daltons). This means that compounds can be identified at very low concentrations (one part in 1012) in chemically complex mixtures. Patent mass spectrometry provides valuable information to a wide range of professionals: physicians, astronomers, and biologists and many others.
Enormous advances in the understanding of the chemistry underlying life processes have identified new targets for therapeutic agents. The discovery of effective therapeutics to address these targets is often accomplished through parallel synthetic and screening efforts like patent mass spectrometry tools. In almost all cases, what has enabled target identification and allowed parallel approaches to drug discovery to be effective are the development of either new analytical tools or the improvement of currently existing ones. Among these tools is the patent mass spectrometry. Patent mass spectrometry has evolved to become an irreplaceable technique in the analysis of biologically related molecules. Various researchers in drug discovery have found they could derive a number of benefits from the basic principles of mass spectrometry.
Uses of Patent Mass Spectrometry
* Detect and identify the use of steroids in athletes
* Patent Mass Spectrometry monitor the breath of patients by anesthesiologists during surgery
* Patent Mass Spectrometry determine the composition of molecular species found in space
* It determines whether honey is adulterated with corn syrup
* Patent Mass Spectrometry locate oil deposits by measuring petroleum precursors in rock
* Patent Mass Spectrometry monitor fermentation processes for the biotechnology industry
* Patent Mass Spectrometry detect dioxins in contaminated fish
* Patent Mass Spectrometry determine gene damage from environmental causes
* It establishes the elemental composition of semiconductor materials
The following are some interesting facts about patent mass spectrometry:
* Patent Mass spectrometry has become an indispensable analytical tool in all types of drug discovery applications.
* Development of two ionization techniques, electrospray (ESI) and matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI), has revolutionized the applicability of mass spectrometry to almost any biological molecule.
* Many types of mass analyzers can be used in drug discovery applications, but the majority of the work is done with quadrupoles, quadrupole ion traps, and time-of-flight mass spectrometers. Fourier-transform ion-cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometry is playing an increasingly important role as a mass analyzer.
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