Abstract

This review emphasizes the mass spectrometry research being performed at academic and established research institutions in India. It consists of three main parts covering the work done in organic, atomic and biological mass spectrometry. The review reveals that the use of mass spectrometry techniques started in the middle of the 20th century and was applied to research in the fields of organic, nuclear, geographical and atomic chemistry. Later, with the advent of soft and atmospheric ionization techniques it has been applied to pharmaceutical and biological research. In due course, several research centers with advanced mass spectrometry facilities have been established for specific areas of research such as gas-phase ion chemistry, ion-molecule reactions, proscribed chemicals, pesticide residues, pharmacokinetics, protein/peptide chemistry, nuclear chemistry, geochronological studies, archeology, petroleum industry, proteomics, lipidomics and metabolomics. Day-by-day the mass spectrometry centers/facilities in India have attracted young students for their doctoral research and other advanced research applications.

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Authors

Vairamani M, Prabhakar S

Institution

National Centre for Mass Spectrometry, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad-500 007, Andhra Pradesh, India. vairamani@hotmail.com

Source

European journal of mass spectrometry (Chichester, England) 18:1 2012 pg 1-35

MeSH

India
Lipids
Mass Spectrometry
Organic Chemicals
Peptides
Pharmacokinetics
Proteins
Proteomics
Radiochemistry
Societies, Scientific

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Review

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22792611