FlavonoidSearch: A system for comprehensive flavonoid annotation by mass spectrometry

Abstract Currently, in mass spectrometry-based metabolomics, limited reference mass spectra are available for flavonoid identification. In the present study, a database of probable mass fragments for 6,867 known flavonoids (FsDatabase) was manually constructed based on new structure- and fragmentati...

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Auteurs principaux: Nayumi Akimoto, Takeshi Ara, Daisuke Nakajima, Kunihiro Suda, Chiaki Ikeda, Shingo Takahashi, Reiko Muneto, Manabu Yamada, Hideyuki Suzuki, Daisuke Shibata, Nozomu Sakurai
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Publié: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/a5e9c68ef75f435a8e0ae06143f96e46
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Résumé:Abstract Currently, in mass spectrometry-based metabolomics, limited reference mass spectra are available for flavonoid identification. In the present study, a database of probable mass fragments for 6,867 known flavonoids (FsDatabase) was manually constructed based on new structure- and fragmentation-related rules using new heuristics to overcome flavonoid complexity. We developed the FlavonoidSearch system for flavonoid annotation, which consists of the FsDatabase and a computational tool (FsTool) to automatically search the FsDatabase using the mass spectra of metabolite peaks as queries. This system showed the highest identification accuracy for the flavonoid aglycone when compared to existing tools and revealed accurate discrimination between the flavonoid aglycone and other compounds. Sixteen new flavonoids were found from parsley, and the diversity of the flavonoid aglycone among different fruits and vegetables was investigated.