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Method Article
Asis Datta
National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India
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Gas chromatography- mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is a highly used and well established technological platform for metabolite profiling in both plant and non-plant species. Here we describe a simple protocol for lipophilic compounds extraction and analysis from tomato fruits and leaves which is an important crop in terms of its economic and nutritional value. This is a rapid, reliable and reproducible method to detect and quantify lipophilic metabolites including fatty acids, fatty alcohols, sterols, alkanes, alkenes, and triterpenoids by GC-MS. In addition, this is a simple and convenient method for efficient comparative lipid profiling of wild type and transgenic or mutant tomato fruits.
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Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, metabolomics, lipophilic
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Method Article
Asis Datta
National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India
Corresponding Author
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Gas chromatography- mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is a highly used and well established technological platform for metabolite profiling in both plant and non-plant species. Here we describe a simple protocol for lipophilic compounds extraction and analysis from tomato fruits and leaves which is an important crop in terms of its economic and nutritional value. This is a rapid, reliable and reproducible method to detect and quantify lipophilic metabolites including fatty acids, fatty alcohols, sterols, alkanes, alkenes, and triterpenoids by GC-MS. In addition, this is a simple and convenient method for efficient comparative lipid profiling of wild type and transgenic or mutant tomato fruits.
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Associated Publications
Expression of a fungal sterol desaturase improves tomato drought tolerance, pathogen resistance and nutritional quality
by Ayushi Kamthan, Mohan Kamthan, Mohammad Azam, +3
Scientific Reports (11 December, 2012)