Revealing Individual Lifestyles through Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Chemical Compounds in Fingerprints

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2018-03-26
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Hinners, Paige
O’Neill, Kelly
Lee, Young Jin
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Fingerprints, specifically the ridge details within the print, have long been used in forensic investigations for individual identification. Beyond the ridge detail, fingerprints contain useful chemical information. The study of fingerprint chemical information has become of interest, especially with mass spectrometry imaging technologies. Mass spectrometry imaging visualizes the spatial relationship of each compound detected, allowing ridge detail and chemical information in a single analysis. In this work, a range of exogenous fingerprint compounds that may reveal a personal lifestyle were studied using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI). Studied chemical compounds include various brands of bug sprays and sunscreens, as well as food oils, alcohols, and citrus fruits. Brand differentiation and source determination were possible based on the active ingredients or exclusive compounds left in fingerprints. Tandem mass spectrometry was performed for the key compounds, so that these compounds could be confidently identified in a single multiplex mass spectrometry imaging data acquisition.

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This article is published as Hinners, Paige, Kelly C. O’Neill, and Young Jin Lee. "Revealing Individual Lifestyles through Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Chemical Compounds in Fingerprints." Scientific Reports 8, no. 1 (2018): 5149. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23544-7. Posted with permission.

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