Technical Overview of Orbitrap High Resolution Mass Spectrometry and Its Application to the Detection of Small Molecules in Food (Update Since 2012)

Abstract

Food safety and quality issues are becoming increasingly important and attract much attention, requiring the development of better analytical platforms. For example, high-resolution (especially Orbitrap) mass spectrometry simultaneously offers versatile functions such as targeted/non-targeted screening while providing qualitative and quantitative information on an almost unlimited number of analytes to facilitate routine analysis and even allows for official surveillance in the food field. This review covers the current state of Orbitrap mass spectrometry (OMS) usage in food analysis based on research reported in 2012–2019, particularly highlighting the technical aspects of OMS application and the achievement of OMS-based screening and quantitative analysis in the food field. The gained insights enhance our understanding of state-of-the-art high-resolution mass spectrometry and highlight the challenges and directions of future research.

Keywords:

• Application
• food analysis
• high resolution mass spectrometry
• Orbitrap
• review

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Funding

This work was supported by CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (CIFMS) (NO. 2016-I2M-1-001); Scientific Research Project of Department of Education of Liaoning Province (ZF2019036); Key Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province of China (No. 20170541027); Liaoning planning Program of philosophy and Social Science (No. L17BGL034); Major subject in education research founded by Chinese Medical Association Medical Education Branch and China Association of Higher Education Medical Education Professional Committee (NO. 2018A-N19012).