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de- +‎ isotoping

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deisotoping (uncountable)

  1. The removal of complications due to the presence of isotopes (typically in mass spectrometry)
    • 2015 July 14, “Metabolic Profiling of Developing Pear Fruits Reveals Dynamic Variation in Primary and Secondary Metabolites, Including Plant Hormones”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      After alignment, deisotoping, and cutoff of low-intensity peaks (fewer than 500 counts), intensity values of the remaining peaks were divided by those of lidocaine ([M+H]+, m/z 235.1804) and 10-camphorsulfonic acid ([M-H]-, m/z 231.06910) for normalization.