Inside Front Cover: Research advances based on mass spectrometry for profiling of triacylglycerols in oils and fats and their applications

• Published in: Electrophoresis Vol. 39; no. 13
• Main Authors: Xu, Shu‐ling, Wei, Fang, Xie, Ya, Lv, Xin, Dong, Xu‐yan, Chen, Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Boats; Chain branching; Chromatography; Electrophoresis; Fats; Fatty acids; High performance liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Molecular chains; Molecular structure; Mountains; Oils & fats; Scientific imaging; Spectroscopy; Tags; Triglycerides
• DOI: 10.1002/elps.201870102
• ISSN: 0173-0835

DOI: 10.1002/elps.201700481 The cover picture shows a Chinese paper cutting representing a scene of boat race, which is the most important activity celebrated on the Chinese traditional festival, Dragon Boat Festival. The molecular structure shown in the picture is a triacylglycerol (TAG) molecule, which is an ester composed of three fatty acids linked to a glycerol molecule, and fatty acid molecules are similar in image to Chinese classical dragon boats. Reflection of the dragon boat on the river shows the fluidity of the water, symbolizes the separation of TAGs in chromatography (or capillary electrophoresis), which depends on the different carbon and double bone numbers and stereospecific position in the fatty acid branched chains. The profiling chromatogram of TAGs derived from high performance liquid chromatography‐mass spectrometry (HPLC‐MS) is similar to mountains.