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Progenitor ion

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-009519

An ion that undergoes fragmentation to produce other ions in a mass spectrometry experiment. It is the parent ion from which product ions are derived through dissociation processes. In tandem mass spectrometry, the progenitor ion is selected in the first stage of mass analysis before fragmentation.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CHM-009519
FieldChemistry
SubjectAnalytical Chemistry
ReferencesOrange Book, 2nd ed., p. 205 (https://media.iupac.org/publications/analytical_compendium/)
See alsoPrecursor ion
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Progenitor ion",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "An ion that undergoes fragmentation to produce other ions in a mass spectrometry experiment. It is the parent ion from which product ions are derived through dissociation processes. In tandem mass spectrometry, the progenitor ion is selected in the first stage of mass analysis before fragmentation.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "precursor ion"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Orange Book, 2nd ed., p. 205 (https://media.iupac.org/publications/analytical_compendium/)"
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  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/progenitor-ion/"
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