Mass Spectrometry Bibliography for Beginners
This listing is intended for absolute beginners in using mass spectrometry. The author Tony Mallet (A.Mallet@gre.ac.uk) would appreciate any additions, suggestions etc.
Internet
www.spectroscopyNOW.com. From Base Peak (the mass spec channel) go to the Education sub-section. There are a number of instructional items as well as a bibliography and useful links to other sites. From this site you can also access a large number of academic mass spec. labs; look under the ?LINKS' tab. Many of these sites contain tutorial pages (e.g. www.astbury.leeds.ac.uk/Facil/MStut/mstutorial.htm). National mass spec societies are also linked e.g. www.bmss.org.uk is the British MS society web page.
Books
Mass Spectrometry
Mass Spectrometry for Biotechnology, G. Siuzdak, Academic Press, 1996. {The best text for introductory studies}.
Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry. Bob Ardrey, Wiley 2003. {Good modern text on the linking of HPLC to MS}.
Mass Spectrometry, Principles and Applications. De Hoffman and van Stroobant. 2nd ed., Wiley 2001. {Good modern overall textbook}.
LC/MS Applications in Drug Development. M S. Lee, Wiley 2002. {Review of the applications of MS in the Pharmaceutical Industry}.
Interpretation of Mass Spectra. F W McLafferty and F Turecek, 4th ed., University Science Books, 1993. {The classical text on ms fragmentation}.
Principles and Practice of Biological Mass Spectrometry. C Dass, Wiley 2001. {Good survey of the field}.
Mass Spectrometry of Proteins and Peptides. J.R. Chapman ed. Humana Press. 2000 {Multi-author articles; up to date practical details}.
Quantitative Mass Spectrometry. B.J. Millard., Wiley 1977. {This is still the only book on the subject and badly needs to be replaced by a modern text. Best advice for up-to-date methods is to scan the literature e.g. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry where many research results arising from pharmaceutical enterprises will be found. See also the reference below.}
Chromatography
Practical Laboratory Skills Training Guide: High Performance Liquid Chromatography. E. Prichard, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2003.
Capillary Electrochromatography (RSC Chromatography Monographs). K.D. Bartle (Editor), P. Myers (Editor). The Royal Society of Chemistry 2001
Troubleshooting HPLC Systems: A Bench Manual. P. Sadek. John Wiley & Sons Inc 1999
Practical Laboratory Skills Training Guide: Gas Chromatography. E. Prichard, B. Stuart. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2003
Practical High Performance Liquid Chromatography. V. Meyer, Wiley 1999 {A thoroughly updated edition of Veronika Meyer's classic on HPLC, this practical book promises to remain the standard in the field.}
Articles
The Journal of Mass Spectrometry (pub Wiley) frequently carries instructional articles in its monthly issues. Some useful general information can be found here (click on the page number to view a FREE PDF file of the paper).
| 1996 | 31 | p 129 | E de Hoffmann | Tandem MS |
| 1997 | 32 | p 677 | S Gaskell | Electrospray MS |
| 32 | p 351 | R March | Ion Trap analysers | |
| 1998 | 33 | p 1 | J Yates | MS and Proteomics |
| 1999 | 34 | p 1 | K Murray | Internet resources |
| 34 | p 157 | J Abian | GC-MS | |
| 34 | p 244 | E Gelpi | LC-MS | |
| 2000 | 35 | p 763 | R Cole | ESI MS |
| 35 | p 1069 | A Shukla, J Futrell | Tandem MS | |
| 2001 | 36 | p 849 | I Chernushevich et al. | Q-TOF Analysers |
| 36 | p 1249 | A Triolo et al. | Combinatorial chemistry | |
| 2002 | 37 | p 1013 | Z Cai et al. | Natural products |
| 2003 | 38 | p 357 | R Kostiainen et al. | Drug metabolism and LCMS |
Also a useful set of reviews can be found in Mass Spectrometry Reviews from the same publisher.
| 1998 | 17 | p 1 | A Marshall et al. | Fourier Transform ICR MS |
| 1999 | 18 | p 187 | M Lee, E Kerns | LC-MS and drug development |
| 18 | p 349 | D Harvey | MALDI of carbohydrates | |
| 2000 | 19 | p 165 | J van Bocxlaer et al. | LC-MS & Forensic Toxicology |
| 2001 | 20 | p 172 | J Lay | MALDI-TOF of bacteria |
| 20 | p 362 | N Cech, C Enke | ESI Fundamentals |
The article below is a comprehensive analysis of the use of mass spectrometry for quantitative analysis:
Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 1997, 8(11), 1180-1190.
Baldwin R, Bethem RA, Boyd RK, Budde WL, Cairns T, Gibbons RD, Henion JD, Kaiser MA, Lewis DL, Matusik JE, Sphon JA, Stephany RW, Trubey RK.
