Today, researchers revealed a new strategy to reveal the full chemical complexity of any sample. This strategy, which involves using a novel combination of mass spectrometry and ion mobility spectrometry, can detect and identify molecules in complex matrices. The team demonstrated the new approach by using it to identify thousands of lipids in a pig liver sample, providing a snapshot of the organ’s chemical composition. The strategy could be used in the future to study the composition of any complex sample, providing a new way to analyze and better understand the chemical complexity of biological systems.

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source: Phys.org