Spectroscopic Techniques and Their Application in Metabolic Profiling of Wood: A Minireview

Abstract

GC/LC-MS and NMR spectroscopy have increasingly occupied a central position in the methodologies developed for metabolic analysis. This brief review deals with introduction of terminology used in metabolic analysis. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) commonly used in metabolic analysis and metabolic profiling of wood and wood based material by spectroscopic techniques. Apart from the description of the different methods, this review will try to direct the reader to the main approaches for analysis of metabolites in wood science.

Keywords: Metabolic profiling, Wood, GC/LC-MS, NMR Spectroscopy.