Patent ID: 9360455
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G01N,H01J,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for analyzing a sample, comprising: a. ionizing a sample containing or suspected of containing a plurality of lipid isomers so as to form one or more lipid silver adducts, at least one of the plurality of lipid isomers being selected from the group consisting of fatty acids, glycerolipids, glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, saccharolipids, polyketides, sterol lipids, and prenol lipids, and wherein an acyl chain of the at least one of the plurality of lipid isomers comprises at least one unsaturated carbon-carbon double bond; and b. transporting said one or more lipid silver adducts through a differential mobility spectrometer to effect separation of said one or more lipid silver adducts; wherein ionizing the sample comprises reacting the sample with a salt of silver.