European Journal of Mass Spectrometry

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Vol. 17 No. 6 (2011)



European Journal of Mass Spectrometry (EJMS) is a peer review journal covering all areas of mass spectrometry. Whilst “European” in its publishing base, its distribution, editors and authors are truly global. EJMS provides high quality science at a fair price.

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Pages 0–0
doi: 10.1255/ejms.1159
Book Review: Protein and Peptide Analysis by LC-MS Experimental Strategies
Jennifer Beck
School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia

Pages 525–541
doi: 10.1255/ejms.1158
Open Access
Review: Mass spectrometry of surfactant aggregates
Leopoldo Ceraulo,a,b,* Gianluca Giorgi,c Vincenzo Turco Liveri,d David Bongiorno,a,bSerena Indelicato,a.b Francesca Di Gaudioe and Sergio Indelicatof
aDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari e Biomolecolari (STEMBIO), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, I-90123, Palermo, Italy. E-mail: lceraulo@unipa.it
bCentro Grandi Apparecchiature-UniNetLab, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Marini 14, I-90128 Palermo, Italy
cDipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Siena, Via Aldo Moro, I-53100 Siena, Italy
dDipartimento di Chimica “S. Cannizzaro”, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, I-90128 Palermo, Italy
eDipartimento Di Biopatologia e Biotecnologie Mediche e Forensi (Di.Bi.Me.F.), Via Del Vespro 129, I-90127 Palermo, Italy
fCQRCLaboratory, A.O.U.P. “P. Giaccone”, Via Del Vespro 129, I-90127 Palermo, Italy

Pages 543–556
doi: 10.1255/ejms.1156
Review: Formation of peptide radical ions through dissociative electron transfer in ternary metal–ligand–peptide complexes
Ivan K. Chua and Julia Laskina
aDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. E-mail: Ivankchu@hku.hk
bFundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA. E-mail: Julia.Laskin@pnnl.gov

Pages 557–572
doi: 10.1255/ejms.1153
Collision-induced dissociation of flavonoid 7-O- diglycoside cations: elucidation of important structural motifs by selection of the cationizing reaction
Ousmane Ilboudo,a,b Issa Tapsoba,a Yvonne L. Bonzi-Coulibaly,a,* Pascal Gerbauxb,*
aLaboratoire de Chimie Organique: Structure et Réactivité, UFR-SEA, Université de Ouagadougou, 03 BP 7021, Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso. E-mail: yvonne.bonziy@univ- ouaga.bf
bGroupe de Recherche en Spectrométrie de Masse, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, Université de Mons- UMons, 23 Place du Parc, B-7000 Mons, Belgium. E-mail: Pascal.Gerbaux@umons.ac.be

Pages 573–579
doi: 10.1255/ejms.1148
Rapid characterization of N-linked glycosylation site using non-specific protease digestion of gel-separated glycoproteins and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometry
Tingting Yu,*, Yuanming Luo* and Keqian Yang*
State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. E-mail: yangkq@im.ac.cn

Pages 581–591
doi: 10.1255/ejms.1155
Characterization by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry of diterpenoid resinous materials in Roman-age amphorae from northern Greece
Evagelia A. Dimitrakoudi,a Sofia A. Mitkidou,a Dushka Urem-Kotsou,b Kostas Kotsakis,c Julia Stephanidou-Stephanatoud and John A. Stratisd
aScience Department, School of Technological Applications, Kavala Institute of Technology, Kavala 65404, Greece. E-mail: mitkidou@teikav.edu.gr
bSchool of History and Ethnology, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini 69100, Greece
cDepartment of Archaeology, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
dDepartment of Chemistry, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece

Pages 593–597
doi: 10.1255/ejms.1157
Letter: A simple ion source set-up for desorption/ionization on silicon with ion mobility spectrometry and ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry
Alexey Adamov,a,b,* Alexey A. Sysoev,c,d,* Kestutis Grigoras,e Jaakko Laakiae and Tapio Kotiahoa,b
aLaboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, PO Box 55, FI-00014, Helsinki Finland. E-mail: alexey.adamov@helsinki.fi
bDivision of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
cNational Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Kashirskoe shosse 31, 115409 Moscow, Russia. E-mail: alexey.sysoev@mephi.ru
dLinantec, Ltd, Kashirskoe shosse 31, 115409, Moscow, Russia
eDepartment of Micro and Nanosciences, Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Tietotie 3, 02150 Espoo, Finland


Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 17 (1), 1–31(2011)
doi: 10.1255/ejms.1114
Open Access
Review: Multistage mass spectrometry in quality, safety and origin of foods
Donatella Aiello,a Damiano De Luca,b Emanuela Gionfriddo,a Attilio Naccarato,a Anna Napoli ,a Elvira Romano,a,c Anna Russo,c Giovanni Sindona,a,* Antonio Tagarellia
aDipartimento di Chimica, Università della Calabria, via P. Bucci, Cubo 12/C, I-87030 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy. E-mail: sindona@unical.it
bCALAB, Laboratorio Chimico Merceologico Della Calabria, 87046 Montalto Uffugo (CS), Italy
cCRA, Istituto Sperimentale per l'Olivicoltura, c. da Li Rocchi, I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy

Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 17 (2), 85–99(2011)
doi: 10.1255/ejms.1129
Open Access
Review: Some thoughts on electrospray ionization mechanisms
Sara Crotti,a Roberta Seragliab and Pietro Traldi
aDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Cà Foscari University, 2137 Dorsoduro, Venice, Italy
bCNR-ISTM, Corso Stati Uniti 4, I-35127 Padova, Italy. E-mail: pietro.traldi@adr.pd.cnr.it

Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 17 (4), 305–320(2011)
doi: 10.1255/ejms.1147
Open Access
Review: Applications of mass spectrometry techniques in the investigation of milk proteome
Vincenzo Cunsolo,* Vera Muccilli, Rosaria Saletti and Salvatore Foti
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Catania, Viale A. Doria, 6, I-95125 Catania, Italy. E-mail: vcunsolo@unict.it

Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 17 (5), 423–463(2011)
doi: 10.1255/ejms.1151
Open Access
Review: Gas-phase ion chemistry of the noble gases: recent advances and future perspectives
Felice Grandinetti
Dipartimento per la Innovazione nei sistemi Biologici, Agroalimentari e Forestali (DIBAF), Università della Tuscia, L.go dell'Università, s.n.c., 01100 Viterbo, Italy. E-mail: fgrandi@unitus.it

Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 17 (6), 525–541(2011)
doi: 10.1255/ejms.1158
Open Access
Review: Mass spectrometry of surfactant aggregates
Leopoldo Ceraulo,a,b,* Gianluca Giorgi,c Vincenzo Turco Liveri,d David Bongiorno,a,bSerena Indelicato,a.b Francesca Di Gaudioe and Sergio Indelicatof
aDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari e Biomolecolari (STEMBIO), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, I-90123, Palermo, Italy. E-mail: lceraulo@unipa.it
bCentro Grandi Apparecchiature-UniNetLab, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Marini 14, I-90128 Palermo, Italy
cDipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Siena, Via Aldo Moro, I-53100 Siena, Italy
dDipartimento di Chimica “S. Cannizzaro”, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, I-90128 Palermo, Italy
eDipartimento Di Biopatologia e Biotecnologie Mediche e Forensi (Di.Bi.Me.F.), Via Del Vespro 129, I-90127 Palermo, Italy
fCQRCLaboratory, A.O.U.P. “P. Giaccone”, Via Del Vespro 129, I-90127 Palermo, Italy

Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 17 (6), 543–556(2011)
doi: 10.1255/ejms.1156
Review: Formation of peptide radical ions through dissociative electron transfer in ternary metal–ligand–peptide complexes
Ivan K. Chua and Julia Laskina
aDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. E-mail: Ivankchu@hku.hk
bFundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA. E-mail: Julia.Laskin@pnnl.gov

Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 12 (2), 79–115(2006)
doi: 10.1255/ejms.798
Review: Derivatization in mass spectrometry—8. Soft ionization mass spectrometry of small molecules
Vladimir G. Zaikin
Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospect 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia. E-mail: zaikin@ips.ac.ru
John M. Halket
Drug Control Centre, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NN, UK. E-mail: john.halket@kcl.ac.uk

Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 11 (1), 127–160(2005)
doi: 10.1255/ejms.712
Review: Derivatization in mass spectrometry - 5. Specific derivatization of monofunctional compounds
John M. Halket
Drug Control Centre, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK. E-mail: john.halket@kcl.ac.uk
Vladimir G. Zaikin
Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia. E-mail: zaikin@ips.ac.ru

Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 11 (6), 591–610(2005)
doi: 10.1255/ejms.780
Review: Mass spectrometry of step-growth polymers
Joachim E. Klee
Dentsply De Trey, De-Trey-Str.1, 78467 Konstanz, Germany. E-mail: jk@dentsply.de

Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 11 (6), 611–636(2005)
doi: 10.1255/ejms.773
Review: Derivatization in mass spectrometry-6. Formation of mixed derivatives of polyfunctional compounds
Vladimir G. Zaikin
Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospect 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia. E-mail: zaikin@ips.ac.ru
John M. Halket
Drug Control Centre, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK. E-mail: john.halket@kcl.ac.uk

Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 10 (4), 555–568(2004)
doi: 10.1255/ejms.653
Review: Derivatization in mass spectrometry - 4. Formation of cyclic derivatives
Vladimir G. Zaikin
Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. E-mail: zaikin@ips.ac.ru
John M. Halket
Drug Control Centre, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NN, UK. E-mail: john.halket@kcl.ac.uk

Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 9 (4), 1–21(2003)
doi: 10.1255/ejms.527
Review: Derivatization in mass spectrometry—1. Silylation
John M. Halket
Drug Control Centre, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NN, UK. E-mail: john.halket@kcl.ac.uk
Vladimir G. Zaikin
Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. E-mail: zaikin@ips.ac.ru

Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 9 (4), 421–434(2003)
doi: 10.1255/ejms.576
Review: Derivatization in mass spectrometry 2. Acylation
Vladimir G. Zaikin
Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. E-mail: zaikin@ips.ac.ru
John M. Halket
Drug Control Centre, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NN, UK. E-mail: john.halket@kcl.ac.uk

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