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Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) is a soft ionization MS technique providing only minor fragmentation of the analyte. Therefore, the method is basically suitable for mixture analysis, although the ion yields strongly depend on the basicity/acidity of the analyte in relation to the applied matrix. Accordingly, less sensitively detectable compounds may be suppressed by more sensitively detectable compounds. Thus, separation of the mixture into the individual compounds is normally indispensable. This paper demonstrates the capabilities and limitations of a direct, simple, and inexpensive MALDI-high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) coupling for the analysis of a crude lipid extract from porcine brain. Brain lipids were chosen because they represent a rather complex mixture and are of currently significant research interest. It was found that normal-phase HPTLC-separated lipids can be easily characterized by direct MALDI-TOF-MS analysis with sufficient resolution to allow the assignment of virtually all lipid classes, even rather minor species such as phosphorylated phosphoinositides or complex glycolipids as gangliosides. Advantages and disadvantages of this approach are discussed.

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Analysis of Brain Lipids by Directly Coupled Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry and High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography