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Review
. 2021:2295:441-454.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1362-7_25.

Plant Lipid Databases

Peter Dörmann  1
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Review

Plant Lipid Databases

Peter Dörmann. Methods Mol Biol. 2021.

Abstract

Along with the increase in knowledge on lipid metabolism during the last years, different lipid databases were established in a web-based system. This chapter presents an overview on plant lipid databases for simple and complex lipids focusing on nomenclature, structures as well as physical and chemical properties. Many databases provide information on methods and protocols for lipid isolation, fractionation, and analysis, including lipidomic procedures. References to the lipid literature are included in all databases. Additional data including mass spectra derived from GC-MS, LC-MS, and LC-MS/MS experiments are included in specialized lipid databases. An introduction is presented on how to use the most important lipid databases.

Keywords: Database; Library; Lipidomics; Mass spectrometry; Structures.

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