Title: fingerprinting
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - fingerprinting
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.09795
Status: current

Definition
Qualitative analysis of the endometabolome.

Example
Profiling and screening the matrix profile with known standards.

Related Term
- endometabolome: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09792

Source
- PAC, 2018, 90, 1121. 'Terminology of bioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2018)' on page 1166 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2016-1120)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/09795/xml

Citation: Citation: 'fingerprinting' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.09795
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