Abstract
Recently, deciduous teeth have been proposed as a promising biomatrix for estimating internal and external chemical exposures of an individual from prenatal periods to early childhood. Therefore, detection of organic chemicals in teeth has received increasing attention. Organic materials in tooth matrix are mostly collagen type proteins, but lipids and other small organic chemicals are also present in the tooth matrix. In this study, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry (MS) was employed to obtain lipid fingerprints from deciduous teeth. Phospholipids and triacylglcerols (TAGs) from deciduous teeth were successfully detected by MALDI MS with 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHB) or gold nanoparticle (AuNP) as a matrix.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 105-108 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Mass Spectrometry Letters |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2017 |
Keywords
- Deciduous teeth
- Gold nanoparticle
- MALDI
- Phospholipid
- Triacylglycerol