Table 1.
Analytical methods and target analytes discussed in this review
| Analytical Method | Analyte | Imaging Target | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDI-MS | DIOS | Porous silicon surface | Phosphatidylcholine (PC) | Mouse liver tissues, HEK 293 cells | 15 |
| Metabolites | Molluscs tissues | 16, 17 | |||
| Fingerprints | 18, 19 | ||||
| NIMS | Initiator coated surface | Lipids | Mouse embryo tissue | 20 | |
| Fingerprints | 24 | ||||
| Metabolites (Clozapine, Ketamine) | Mouse brain tissues | 21 | |||
| Glucose, steroids | Gerbera jamesonii stem | 22 | |||
| Cholesterol | Mouse brain tissues | 23 | |||
| Carbon-based Surface | Graphene oxides, Carbon nanotubes | Glycerophosphocholine, phosphatidylcholine | Mouse brain tissues | 29 | |
| Mucin 1 | Tumor tissues | 30 | |||
| Adenine | Hippocampal tissues | 32 | |||
| Inorganic NP | Au | Glycosphingolipids | Mouse brain tissues | 33 | |
| Lipids | Drosophila brain tissues | 34 | |||
| Ag | Fatty acids | Mouse liver and retinal tissues | 35 | ||
| Lipids | Rat heart tissues, Rat kidney tissues | 36, 37, 38 | |||
| Metabolites | Plants (flower, root) | 39, 40 | |||
| Fe3O4 | Lipids, peptides | Rat cerebellum tissues | 45 | ||
| Sulfatides | Rat hippocampal tissues | 46 | |||
| TiO2 | Metabolites (putrescine, uracil, ornithine) | Mouse brain tissues | 47 | ||
| Colloidal graphite | Proteolytic digests | Cytochrome c | 41 | ||
| Cerebroside, metabolite, oligosaccharides | Rat brain tissues, fruits | 42, 43 | |||
| Flavonoids, cuticular wax | Arabidopsis intact leaf | 44 | |||
| ESI-MS | DESI | Electrosprayed microdroplets | RDX, coniceine | Porcine leather, Conum maculatum seed | 52 |
| Epinephrine, norepinephrine | Porcine adrenal gland | 53 | |||
| Sulfatides, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylinositol | Mouse brains | 54, 55, 57 | |||
| Hyperforin, hypericin | Plant (leaf) | 56 | |||
| LAESI | Infrared laser ablation | Fexofenadine (antihistamine) | Urine (human) | 59 | |
| Lipids | Rat brain tissues | 61 | |||
| Metabolites | Plant (leaf) | 60 | |||
| Epidermal cells | 62, 63 | ||||
| SIMS | Primary ions | Lipopolysaccharides | Rat brain tissues | 66 | |
| Phosphocholine and Adenine | Single cells | 69 | |||