Glycans recently attracted considerable attention as the proposal of cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants for food allergy. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) is powerful in analyzing biomolecules, while its applications in glycans are still challenging. Herein, a novel reactive matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) matrix, 2-hydrazinoterephthalic acid, was rationally designed and synthesized. It provides uniform co-crystallization with glycans and only produces deprotonated ions with high intensities in the negative-ion mode. In combination with sinapic acid, a rapid and high-throughput method was established for on-target analysis of glycans with a superior limit of detection at the femtomole level and a good linearity ( > 0.999). Furthermore, the established method was successfully applied to quantify -glycans in different cultivars and tissues of peach [ (L.) Batsch]. Our work suggests the potential role of -glycans as biomarkers for food-borne allergy and lays a methodological foundation for the elucidation of the possible relationship between carbohydrate epitopes and food allergy.
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