Contents

1. Liquid Chromatography and Sample Pretreatment 2. Mass Spectrometry TECHNOLOGY 3. Strategies in LC–MS Interfacing 4. History of LC–MS Interfaces 5. Interfaces for Atmospheric-Pressure Ionization 6. Atmospheric-Pressure Ionization APPLICATIONS: SMALL MOLECULES 7. LC–MS Analysis of Pesticides 8. Environmental Applications of LC–MS 9. LC–MS in Drug Discovery and Development 10. LC–MS in Drug Metabolism 11. Quantitative Bioanalysis Using LC–MS 12. Clinical Applications of LC–MS 13. LC–MS Analysis of Steroids 14. LC–MS in Food Safety Analysis 15. LC–MS Analysis of Plant Phenols APPLICATIONS: BIOMOLECULES 16. LC–MS analysis of Proteins 17. LC–MS analysis of Peptides / Enabling Technology 18. LC–MS in Proteomics 19. LC–MS for Identification of Post-Translational Modifications 20. LC–MS Analysis of Oligosaccharides 21. LC–MS Analysis of Lipids and Phospholipids 22. LC–MS Analysis of Nucleic Acids