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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 8.
Published in final edited form as: Biomed Chromatogr. 2016 Feb 18;30(5):695–709. doi: 10.1002/bmc.3683

Table 1.

Headgroup fragments for phospholipid fragments

Class Characteristic headgroup fragments (m/z)
Positive ion
mode (ESI+)
Negative ion
mode (ESI−)
PA
PC 184, 60 224
PE 141 196
PG 227
PI 223, 241, 259, 297, 315
PS 87 185
a

ESI, electrospray ionization; PA, phosphatidic acids; PC, phosphatidylcholine; PE, phosphatidylethanolamines; PG, phosphatidylglycerols; PI, phosphatidylinositols; PS, phosphatidylserines.