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Software for the calculation of isotope patterns in tandem mass spectrometry
Louis Ramaley1, Lisandra Cubero Herrera
1Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4J3. louis.ramaley@dal.ca
Abstract:
Software, available at no cost on the Internet, is described which uses polynomial expansion algorithms to calculate the isotope patterns for precursor ion, neutral loss, and MSn product ion tandem mass spectra. Such information is useful for determining product ion and neutral loss composition, identification of analytes in complex samples, deconvolution of overlapping spectra, and correction of peak heights or areas in quantitative analysis. The effect of less than unit mass resolution on the isotope patterns is described and experimental examples of the use of the software are presented.
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