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Fast atom bombardment (FAB) ionization and two coupled analyzers (BE-EB) have been combined with neutral gas collision (C) to enhance structural information in the mass spectra of oligosaccharides. (B and E are abbreviations for magnetic and electric sectors respectively.) FAB ionization and the first analysers (BE) have provided parent ions free from biological and liquid matrix contaminants. Structural detail of these products were observed after collision and daughter ion analysis in a second coupled analyser (EB). Starting from complex mixtures, this instrumental approach, BE-C-EB, has provided specific oligomeric sequence information which was not observed in the normal FAB mass spectra. Collision spectra obtained from isomeric linear and branched oligosaccharides show unique fragments that can be directly related to structure.
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