Table 1.

Published literature describing the application of MS imaging for the analysis of small molecules from plant material.

Plant material	Applied technique	Applied matrix	Molecular species	Reference
Arabidopsis thaliana
Leaf	MALDI MSI	9-Aminoacridine	Glucosinolates	Shroff et al. (2008)
Leaf	MALDI MSI	Lithium DHB1	Neutral lipids	Vrkoslav et al. (2010)
Leaf	LDI MSI	None	Flavonoids	Hoelscher et al. (2009)
Flower parts	GALDI MSI	Colloidal silver/colloidal graphite	Epicuticular lipids	Jun et al. (2010)
Flower petal	GALDI MSI	Colloidal graphite	Flavonoids	Perdian et al. (2010)
Root	GALDI MSI	Colloidal silver/colloidal graphite	Alkyl esters of coumarate, caffeate and ferulate, sterols	Jun et al. (2010)
Stem/flower/leaf	GALDI MSI	Colloidal graphite	Flavonoids, cuticular waxes	Cha et al. (2008)
Leaf/flower	GALDI MSI	Colloidal silver	Epicuticular waxes	Cha et al. (2009)
Triticum aestivum
Stem	MALDI MSI	α-CHCA2	Oligosaccharides	Robinson et al. (2007)
Grain	MALDI MSI	α-CHCA, 9-aminoacridine	Amino acids, sugars, sugar phosphates	Burrell et al. (2007)
Hordeum vulgare
Grains	MALDI MSI	DHB	Lipids	Peukert et al. (2012)
Leaf	DESI MSI	None	Hydroxynitrile glucosides	Li et al. (2011)
Oryza sativa
Grain	MALDI MSI	DHB	Lipids, γ-oryzanol, phytic acid	Zaima et al. (2010)
Hypericum perforatum
Leaf/flower parts	LDI MSI	None	Naphthodianthrones	Hoelscher et al. (2009)
Leaf/petal	DESI MSI	None	Secondary metabolites	Thunig et al. (2011)
Solanum melongena
Fruit	MALDI MSI	DHB	γ-Aminobutyric acid, amino acids, sugars	Goto-Inoue et al. (2010)
Nicotiana tabacum
Leaf	IR AP3 MALDI MSI	None	Phenolics, alkaloids, oxylipins, sugars, among others	Ibanez et al. (2010)
Stem	MALDI MSI	DHB	Lipids	Peukert et al. (2012)
Solanum tuberosum
Tubers	MALDI MSI	DHB	Glycoalkaloids	Ha et al. (2012)
Helianthus annuus
Stem	MALDI MSI	α-CHCA	Nicosulfuron (pesticide)	Anderson et al. (2010)
Glycine max
Leaf/stem	MALDI MSI	α-CHCA/SA	Azoxystrobin (fungizide)/mesotrione (herbicide)	Mullen et al. (2005)
Phoenix sp. (date palm tree)
Leaf	MALDI MSI	Lithium DHB	Neutral lipids	Vrkoslav et al. (2010)
strawberry/banana/grapes
Fruits	IR AP MALDI MSI	None	Sugar monomers and oligomers, citric acid	Li et al. (2007)
Gossypium hirsutum
Seed/embryo	MALDI MSI	DHB	Lipids	Horn et al. (2012)
Populus sp.
Stem	MALDI MSI	DHB	Oligosaccharides, polysaccharides	Lunsford et al. (2011)
Vaccinium ashei(blueberry)
Fruit	MALDI MSI	DHB	Anthocyanins	Yoshimura et al. (2012)
Malus sp. (Golden delicious)
Fruit	MALDI MSI	α-CHCA	Flavonoids, dihydrochalcones	Franceschi et al. (2012)
Myristica malabrica(Lam)
Fruit	DESI MSI	None	Alkaloids	Ifa et al. (2011)
Stevia rebaudiana
Leaf	DESI MSI	None	Diterpenes	Gray et al. (2009)

¹2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid.

²α-Cyano-4-hydroxycinammic acid.

³Infrared atmospheric pressure.