Ambient mass spectrometry in foodomics studies

• Published in: Current opinion in food science Vol. 22; pp. 137 - 144
• Main Author: Klampfl, Christian W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2018
• ISSN: 2214-7993; 2214-8000
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cofs.2018.03.014

•Ambient mass spectrometry is discussed in context with foodomics.•Weakpoints and strongpoints of ambient mass spectrometry techniques in foodomics are debated.•Successful applications of ambient mass spectrometry in food related studies are presented.•Common data treatment procedures used in combination with ambient mass spectrometry are described.•The future potential of ambient mass spectrometry in the field of foodomics is investigated. The current and future potential role of ambient mass spectrometry (AMS) in the fields of recently created discipline of foodomics is discussed. The main focus was set on the literature published between 2014 and 2018, although a few earlier papers of special interest have been included. Several examples for the successful application of AMS techniques including direct analysis in real time (DART), desorption electrospray ionization (DESI), easy ambient sonic spray ionization mass spectrometry (EASI-MS) and paper spray mass spectrometry (PS-MS) are presented.