Reverse library search
From Mass Spectrometry Terms
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A procedure of comparing a mass spectrum of an unknown compound with a mass spectral library so that the unknown spectrum is compared in turn with the library spectra, considering only the m/z peaks observed to have significant intensity in the current library spectrum.
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| Mass spectrometry terms project – included in submission to PAC (April, 2006)
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| Wikipedia link: Reverse library search |
| JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY GLOSSARY |
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The process of comparing a subset of the peaks in the mass spectrum of an unknown compound with peaks in a library mass spectrum. Any peaks in the mass spectrum of the unknown compound that are not in the library spectrum are disregarded. |
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| Journal of Chromatography Glossary of Terms (March 2010) |
