Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography in metabolomics

Anal Bioanal Chem. 2012 Feb;402(6):1993-2013. doi: 10.1007/s00216-011-5630-y. Epub 2012 Jan 17.

Abstract

One of the major objectives in metabolomics is the identification of subtle changes in metabolite profiles as affected by genetic or environmental factors. Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC × GC) hyphenated to a fast-acquisition mass spectrometer is a well-established analytical technique to study the composition of complex samples due to its enhanced separation capacity, sensitivity, peak resolution, and reproducibility. This review reports applications of GC × GC to metabolomics studies of sample of different types (biofluid, cells, tissue, bacteria, yeast, plants), and discusses its advantages and limitations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacteria / metabolism
  • Chromatography, Gas / methods*
  • Humans
  • Metabolome*
  • Metabolomics / methods*
  • Plants / metabolism
  • Yeasts / metabolism