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. 2022 Nov 1;13:6547. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33225-9

Fig. 1. Optimization of MS and MS2 parameters for the structural elucidation of oxidized complex lipids structures.

Fig. 1

Tandem mass spectrometry analysis of oxidized PC lipid using multistage MS3 (a) or optimized elevated energy stepped HCD MS2 experiments (b) both allowed structural assignment of PC(16:0_18:2<OH{13}>). Positive ion mode ionization adducts for in vitro oxidized neutral lipids showed modification type-specific preferences. Qualitative (c; illustrated using extracted ion chromatograms for oxCE(18:2) species) and quantitative (d, e) distributions illustrate modification-specific preferences to form protonated (dark gray), ammoniated (blue) or sodiated (green) adducts for unmodified (-), hydroperoxy- (OOH), hydroxy (OH), epoxy (ep), or keto (oxo) derivatives of CE and TG. Relative abundances of differential adducts for oxCE (d) and oxTG (e) represent (mean ± SD) values calculated for 10 species. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.