| Title: | Direct analysis of large living organism by megavolt electrostatic ionization mass spectrometry |
| Author(s): | Ng KM; Tang HW; Man SH; Mak PY; Choi YC; Wong MY; |
| Address: | "Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, kwanmng@hku.hk" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s13361-014-0932-x |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-1123 (Electronic) 1044-0305 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "A new ambient ionization method allowing the direct chemical analysis of living human body by mass spectrometry (MS) was developed. This MS method, namely Megavolt Electrostatic Ionization Mass Spectrometry, is based on electrostatic charging of a living individual to megavolt (MV) potential, illicit drugs, and explosives on skin/glove, flammable solvent on cloth/tissue paper, and volatile food substances in breath were readily ionized and detected by a mass spectrometer" |
| Keywords: | "Acetaminophen/analysis Analgesics, Non-Narcotic/analysis Anesthetics, Local/analysis Breath Tests/instrumentation/methods Cocaine/analysis Equipment Design Explosive Agents/*analysis Gloves, Protective Humans Illicit Drugs/*analysis Paper Spectrometry, Ma;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineNg, Kwan-Ming Tang, Ho-Wai Man, Sin-Heng Mak, Pui-Yuk Choi, Yi-Ching Wong, Melody Yee-Man eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2014/06/14 J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 2014 Sep; 25(9):1515-20. doi: 10.1007/s13361-014-0932-x. Epub 2014 Jun 13" |
