Cells encode information in the sequence of biopolymers, such as nucleic acids, proteins,
and glycans. Although glycans are essential to all living organisms, surprisingly little is …

Plant polysaccharides represent a natural source material characterized by high ubiquity,
abundance and biological activities that can be utilised as organic matter in numerous …

Recently, the high analytical power provided by the new HRMS instruments (working in the
MS or MS/MS mode, stand alone or hyphenated with separation techniques) is making more …

Background There is substantial demand for gut health products incorporating probiotics
and prebiotics. They are being delivered as ingredients in an increasing range of different …

Sialic acids (Sias) are negatively charged functional monosaccharides present in a wide
variety of natural sources (plants, animals and microorganisms). Sias play an important role …

The vast array of molecular isomerisms which form the complex molecular structure of
carbohydrates is the foundation of their biological versatility but defies the analytical chemist …

This review is the tenth update of the original article published in 1999 on the application of
matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry to the analysis of …

The inclusion of preliminary chemical labeling (derivatization) in the analysis process by
such powerful and widespread methods as electrospray ionization (ESI) and matrix-assisted …

Introduction: Aberrant glycosylation has been associated with many diseases. Decades of
research activities have reported many reliable glycan biomarkers of different diseases …

N‐glycans from glycoproteins are complex, branched structures whose structural
determination presents many analytical problems. Mass spectrometry, usually conducted in …