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Développement des paramètres techniques d'analyse et identification des composés organiques volatils dans les couches jetables
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Year: 2017 Publisher: Liège Université de Liège (ULiège)

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L’objectif de cette étude est de générer un profil complet des composés organiques volatils émis par les couches jetables par la méthode de chromatographie gazeuse à deux dimensions couplées à la spectrométrie de masse à temps de vol (GC×GC-TOFMS) et d’identifier la contribution des différents composants dans le profil total des composés organiques émis.


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Analyses of volatile organic compounds in archaeological artifacts
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Year: 2017 Publisher: Liège Université de Liège (ULiège)

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In this work, archaeological residues recovered from the Royal Tomb in Qatna, Syria, were analyzed to confirm previous hypothesis regarding their nature i.e. bones, textiles, wood or soft tissues. In addition, their different states of preservation were investigated. Such analysis of organic residues requires knowledge of the degradation pathway involved. Therefore, the analysis of natural non-treated and heated substances, comprising resins, waxes, tars and glues, was investigated to get insight into thermally induced degradation. A comparison of the two sets of samples will reveal the different states of preservation of the samples recovered in Qatna. Moreover, the presence of Royal purple dye within the textiles was investigated. Since previous analyses have proved the presence of Royal Purple dyestuff, it was expected to identify specific analytes of this dyestuff within the textile remains.


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Metabolomics and Lipidomics Profiling of Serum Using Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
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Year: 2023 Publisher: Liège Université de Liège (ULiège)

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The main aim of the research was to investigate the metabolites and lipids profiling of colorectal cancer serum. Therefore, the two specific sample preparation techniques tailored to analyze the metabolome and lipidome of serum using GC×GC-TOFMS were implemented to differentiate three groups (control, adenoma, and adenocarcinoma) of human serum samples. In order to develop a less invasive diagnostic method with a combined (lipidomics and metabolomics) data analysis approach. Metabolomics mainly focuses on hydrophilic classes, whereas lipidomics has emerged as independent omics due to the complexity of lipidomes. Lipidomics, or the
comprehensive analysis of lipids, is widely analyzed using liquid chromatography
(LC) mass spectrometry (MS) techniques. Chemical derivatization has the potential
to make at least some families of lipids more gas chromatography (GC)-amenable
by making the analyte more volatile and stable.


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Untargeted Metabolomics by HS-SPME-GC×GC-ToFMS of Volatile Organic Compounds in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluids from Patients Diagnosed with Pulmonary Diseases
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Year: 2019 Publisher: Liège Université de Liège (ULiège)

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Various lung diseases exist and affect hundreds of millions of people of all ages worldwide. The available treatments usually focus only on decreasing the symptoms rather than thoroughly treating the disease. The aim of this study is to implement and optimise a comprehensive and robust method to discover potential metabolites that could lead to more targeted treatments. In this regard, HS-SPME-GC×GC-ToFMS was optimised for the analysis of bronchoalveolar lavages (BAL) from patients diagnosed with various lung diseases, using a mixture of BAL samples (i.e., pooled QC BALF). This study highlighted that the normal column combination (Rxi®-5ms × Rxi®-17Sil MS) is the most suitable configuration due to its comprehensive extraction performance. Owing to its multiple phases allowing the extraction of a wider range of molecular weights and volatilities, the PDMS/CAR/DVB fibre gave the most accurate results in comparison with the five-assessed SPME fibres. Finally, 40 °C and 30 min were found to be the best compromise between extraction time and incubation temperature. This optimal response was reached by implementing a design of experiment based on a central composite design approach. Moreover, an exploratory statistical analysis was performed on the analysed samples using the optimised method. The outcome of such statistical evaluation was the determination of potentially significant metabolites associated with each investigated disease.


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Fruit Metabolism and Metabolomics
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Year: 2020 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Over the past ten years, metabolomics strategies have allowed the relative or absolute quantitation of metabolite levels for the study of various biological questions in plant sciences. For fruit studies, in particular, they have participated in the identification of the genes underpinning fruit development and ripening. This book proposes examples of the current use of metabolomics studies of fruit for basic research or practical applications. It includes articles about several tropical and temperate fruit species. The studies concern fruit biochemical phenotyping, fruit metabolism during development and after harvest, including primary and specialized metabolisms, or bioactive compounds involved in fruit growth and environmental responses. The analytical strategies used are based mostly on liquid or gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry, but also on nuclear magnetic resonance and near-infrared spectroscopy. The effect of genotype, stages of development, or fruit tissue type on metabolomic profiles and corresponding metabolism regulations are addressed for fruit metabolism studies. The interest in combining other omics with metabolomics is also exemplified.

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Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Anacardium occidentale --- fast phenotyping --- NIR --- UPLC-HRMS --- chemometrics --- Capsicum frutescens L. --- non-targeted metabolomics --- secondary metabolism --- Liquid Chromatography coupled to Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) --- mulberry --- high resolution mass spectrometry --- antioxidant activity --- in vitro gastrointestinal digestion --- α-glucosidase inhibitory activity --- cytokinin --- fruit expansion --- kiwifruit --- phytohormone --- tomato --- metabolomics --- biochemical phenotyping --- priming --- BABA --- Botrytis cinerea --- Phytophthora infestans --- Pseudomonas syringae --- fruit pigmentation --- introgression lines --- mass spectrometry --- San Marzano landrace --- Davidson’s plum --- finger lime --- native pepperberry --- antioxidant --- amino acids --- GC×GC-TOFMS --- UHPLC-QqQ-TOF-MS/MS --- bush fruit --- genetic resources --- melon --- genotype by sequencing --- elemental analysis --- metabolome --- Cucumis melo --- pineapple --- ripening --- non-climacteric --- lipophilic compounds --- lipid-related genes --- lipid metabolism --- fruit --- postharvest --- quality traits --- stress --- biomarkers --- polyphenolics --- solanaceous crops --- capsicum annuum --- pepper --- eggplant --- fruit ripening --- tissue-specificity --- flavonoid --- wine --- clones --- Vitis vinifera --- sensory analysis --- fruit metabolomics --- developmental metabolomics --- stress metabolomics --- spatial metabolomics --- central metabolism --- specialized metabolism --- nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy --- omics --- multi-omics integration


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Fruit Metabolism and Metabolomics
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Over the past ten years, metabolomics strategies have allowed the relative or absolute quantitation of metabolite levels for the study of various biological questions in plant sciences. For fruit studies, in particular, they have participated in the identification of the genes underpinning fruit development and ripening. This book proposes examples of the current use of metabolomics studies of fruit for basic research or practical applications. It includes articles about several tropical and temperate fruit species. The studies concern fruit biochemical phenotyping, fruit metabolism during development and after harvest, including primary and specialized metabolisms, or bioactive compounds involved in fruit growth and environmental responses. The analytical strategies used are based mostly on liquid or gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry, but also on nuclear magnetic resonance and near-infrared spectroscopy. The effect of genotype, stages of development, or fruit tissue type on metabolomic profiles and corresponding metabolism regulations are addressed for fruit metabolism studies. The interest in combining other omics with metabolomics is also exemplified.

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Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Anacardium occidentale --- fast phenotyping --- NIR --- UPLC-HRMS --- chemometrics --- Capsicum frutescens L. --- non-targeted metabolomics --- secondary metabolism --- Liquid Chromatography coupled to Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) --- mulberry --- high resolution mass spectrometry --- antioxidant activity --- in vitro gastrointestinal digestion --- α-glucosidase inhibitory activity --- cytokinin --- fruit expansion --- kiwifruit --- phytohormone --- tomato --- metabolomics --- biochemical phenotyping --- priming --- BABA --- Botrytis cinerea --- Phytophthora infestans --- Pseudomonas syringae --- fruit pigmentation --- introgression lines --- mass spectrometry --- San Marzano landrace --- Davidson’s plum --- finger lime --- native pepperberry --- antioxidant --- amino acids --- GC×GC-TOFMS --- UHPLC-QqQ-TOF-MS/MS --- bush fruit --- genetic resources --- melon --- genotype by sequencing --- elemental analysis --- metabolome --- Cucumis melo --- pineapple --- ripening --- non-climacteric --- lipophilic compounds --- lipid-related genes --- lipid metabolism --- fruit --- postharvest --- quality traits --- stress --- biomarkers --- polyphenolics --- solanaceous crops --- capsicum annuum --- pepper --- eggplant --- fruit ripening --- tissue-specificity --- flavonoid --- wine --- clones --- Vitis vinifera --- sensory analysis --- fruit metabolomics --- developmental metabolomics --- stress metabolomics --- spatial metabolomics --- central metabolism --- specialized metabolism --- nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy --- omics --- multi-omics integration


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Fruit Metabolism and Metabolomics
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Over the past ten years, metabolomics strategies have allowed the relative or absolute quantitation of metabolite levels for the study of various biological questions in plant sciences. For fruit studies, in particular, they have participated in the identification of the genes underpinning fruit development and ripening. This book proposes examples of the current use of metabolomics studies of fruit for basic research or practical applications. It includes articles about several tropical and temperate fruit species. The studies concern fruit biochemical phenotyping, fruit metabolism during development and after harvest, including primary and specialized metabolisms, or bioactive compounds involved in fruit growth and environmental responses. The analytical strategies used are based mostly on liquid or gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry, but also on nuclear magnetic resonance and near-infrared spectroscopy. The effect of genotype, stages of development, or fruit tissue type on metabolomic profiles and corresponding metabolism regulations are addressed for fruit metabolism studies. The interest in combining other omics with metabolomics is also exemplified.

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Anacardium occidentale --- fast phenotyping --- NIR --- UPLC-HRMS --- chemometrics --- Capsicum frutescens L. --- non-targeted metabolomics --- secondary metabolism --- Liquid Chromatography coupled to Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) --- mulberry --- high resolution mass spectrometry --- antioxidant activity --- in vitro gastrointestinal digestion --- α-glucosidase inhibitory activity --- cytokinin --- fruit expansion --- kiwifruit --- phytohormone --- tomato --- metabolomics --- biochemical phenotyping --- priming --- BABA --- Botrytis cinerea --- Phytophthora infestans --- Pseudomonas syringae --- fruit pigmentation --- introgression lines --- mass spectrometry --- San Marzano landrace --- Davidson’s plum --- finger lime --- native pepperberry --- antioxidant --- amino acids --- GC×GC-TOFMS --- UHPLC-QqQ-TOF-MS/MS --- bush fruit --- genetic resources --- melon --- genotype by sequencing --- elemental analysis --- metabolome --- Cucumis melo --- pineapple --- ripening --- non-climacteric --- lipophilic compounds --- lipid-related genes --- lipid metabolism --- fruit --- postharvest --- quality traits --- stress --- biomarkers --- polyphenolics --- solanaceous crops --- capsicum annuum --- pepper --- eggplant --- fruit ripening --- tissue-specificity --- flavonoid --- wine --- clones --- Vitis vinifera --- sensory analysis --- fruit metabolomics --- developmental metabolomics --- stress metabolomics --- spatial metabolomics --- central metabolism --- specialized metabolism --- nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy --- omics --- multi-omics integration


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The Origin and Early Evolution of Life : Prebiotic Systems Chemistry Perspective
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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What is life? How, where, and when did life arise? These questions have remained most fascinating over the last hundred years. Systems chemistry is the way to go to better understand this problem and to try and answer the unsolved question regarding the origin of Life. Self-organization, thanks to the role of lipid boundaries, made possible the rise of protocells. The role of these boundaries is to separate and co-locate micro-environments, and make them spatially distinct; to protect and keep them at defined concentrations; and to enable a multitude of often competing and interfering biochemical reactions to occur simultaneously. The aim of this Special Issue is to summarize the latest discoveries in the field of the prebiotic chemistry of biomolecules, self-organization, protocells and the origin of life. In recent years, thousands of excellent reviews and articles have appeared in the literature and some breakthroughs have already been achieved. However, a great deal of work remains to be carried out. Beyond the borders of the traditional domains of scientific activity, the multidisciplinary character of the present Special Issue leaves space for anyone to creatively contribute to any aspect of these and related relevant topics. We hope that the presented works will be stimulating for a new generation of scientists that are taking their first steps in this fascinating field.

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Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- origin of life --- peptidyl-transferase center --- pseudo-symmetry --- proto-ribosome --- SymR --- emergence of biological systems --- RNA ligation --- dimerization --- standard genetic codes --- codon assignment --- tRNA --- aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase classes --- thiophene --- acetylene --- transition metal sulfides --- hydrothermal conditions --- early metabolism --- origin-of-life --- prebiotic chemistry --- protein–monosaccharide recognition --- protein–monosaccharide interactions --- FRET analysis --- glycocodon theory --- glucose oxidase --- Mars --- prebiotic chemical evolution --- early Earth --- astrobiology --- CHNOPS --- transition elements --- sample return --- exoplanets --- complex organic molecules --- astrochemistry --- interstellar medium --- molecular ices --- solid state --- protoplanetary disks --- star forming regions --- comets --- vesicles --- division --- urea–urease enzymatic reaction --- bending modulus --- budding --- ADE theory --- dynamic kinetic stability --- cognition --- chemical evolution --- systems chemistry --- metabolism --- network expansion simulation --- temperature --- thermodynamics --- protocell --- compartment --- solid interface --- lipid --- polymerization --- cyclic nucleotides --- autocatalytic set --- osmotic pressure --- cell division --- lipid membrane --- bistable reaction system --- template-directed RNA synthesis --- origin of genetic code --- time order of canonical amino acids --- proto-metabolism --- chirogenesis --- quartz --- amino acids --- radiation damage --- GC×GC-TOFMS --- origins of life --- prebiotic membranes --- protoamphiphiles --- metal ions --- hot springs --- N-acyl amino acid --- analogue conditions --- viroids --- ribozyviruses --- primordial replicators --- ribozymes --- bilayer structure --- molecular dynamics --- aggregation process --- selection --- evolution --- Fenton chemistry --- reduced phosphorus --- pyrophosphate --- chemical complexity --- minerals --- schreibersite --- olivine --- serpentinite --- ulexite --- n/a --- protein-monosaccharide recognition --- protein-monosaccharide interactions --- urea-urease enzymatic reaction


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The Origin and Early Evolution of Life : Prebiotic Systems Chemistry Perspective
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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What is life? How, where, and when did life arise? These questions have remained most fascinating over the last hundred years. Systems chemistry is the way to go to better understand this problem and to try and answer the unsolved question regarding the origin of Life. Self-organization, thanks to the role of lipid boundaries, made possible the rise of protocells. The role of these boundaries is to separate and co-locate micro-environments, and make them spatially distinct; to protect and keep them at defined concentrations; and to enable a multitude of often competing and interfering biochemical reactions to occur simultaneously. The aim of this Special Issue is to summarize the latest discoveries in the field of the prebiotic chemistry of biomolecules, self-organization, protocells and the origin of life. In recent years, thousands of excellent reviews and articles have appeared in the literature and some breakthroughs have already been achieved. However, a great deal of work remains to be carried out. Beyond the borders of the traditional domains of scientific activity, the multidisciplinary character of the present Special Issue leaves space for anyone to creatively contribute to any aspect of these and related relevant topics. We hope that the presented works will be stimulating for a new generation of scientists that are taking their first steps in this fascinating field.

Keywords

origin of life --- peptidyl-transferase center --- pseudo-symmetry --- proto-ribosome --- SymR --- emergence of biological systems --- RNA ligation --- dimerization --- standard genetic codes --- codon assignment --- tRNA --- aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase classes --- thiophene --- acetylene --- transition metal sulfides --- hydrothermal conditions --- early metabolism --- origin-of-life --- prebiotic chemistry --- protein–monosaccharide recognition --- protein–monosaccharide interactions --- FRET analysis --- glycocodon theory --- glucose oxidase --- Mars --- prebiotic chemical evolution --- early Earth --- astrobiology --- CHNOPS --- transition elements --- sample return --- exoplanets --- complex organic molecules --- astrochemistry --- interstellar medium --- molecular ices --- solid state --- protoplanetary disks --- star forming regions --- comets --- vesicles --- division --- urea–urease enzymatic reaction --- bending modulus --- budding --- ADE theory --- dynamic kinetic stability --- cognition --- chemical evolution --- systems chemistry --- metabolism --- network expansion simulation --- temperature --- thermodynamics --- protocell --- compartment --- solid interface --- lipid --- polymerization --- cyclic nucleotides --- autocatalytic set --- osmotic pressure --- cell division --- lipid membrane --- bistable reaction system --- template-directed RNA synthesis --- origin of genetic code --- time order of canonical amino acids --- proto-metabolism --- chirogenesis --- quartz --- amino acids --- radiation damage --- GC×GC-TOFMS --- origins of life --- prebiotic membranes --- protoamphiphiles --- metal ions --- hot springs --- N-acyl amino acid --- analogue conditions --- viroids --- ribozyviruses --- primordial replicators --- ribozymes --- bilayer structure --- molecular dynamics --- aggregation process --- selection --- evolution --- Fenton chemistry --- reduced phosphorus --- pyrophosphate --- chemical complexity --- minerals --- schreibersite --- olivine --- serpentinite --- ulexite --- n/a --- protein-monosaccharide recognition --- protein-monosaccharide interactions --- urea-urease enzymatic reaction

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