This Comment discusses erroneous reporting of mass spectrometry analyses of lipids in mammalian samples, and provides recommendations for how to avoid it. Publications that report mass spectrometry analyses of lipids often include lipid species that probably do not exist in the samples. Here we provide recommendations for scientists on submitting lipid data, and for reviewers, editors and readers on evaluating these data, to reduce the reporting of erroneous lipid species.

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哺乳动物样品脂质质谱分析的陷阱——生物学家简要指南


本评论讨论了哺乳动物样品中脂质质谱分析的错误报告，并提供了如何避免这种情况的建议。报告脂质质谱分析的出版物通常包括样品中可能不存在的脂质种类。在这里，我们为科学家提交脂质数据以及为审稿人、编辑和读者评估这些数据提供建议，以减少错误脂质种类的报告。