Publications After Joining MTSU

* denotes corresponding author 

2024

[48] Dong, W.; Yang, X.; Zhang, N.; Chen, P.*; Sun, J.; Harnly, J.M.; Zhang, M.*, Study of UV–Vis molar absorptivity variation and quantitation of anthocyanins using molar relative response factor. Food Chemistry, 2024, 444, 138653.  Doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.138653

[47] Li, Y.; Zhang, M.; Pehrsson, P.; Harnly, J.M.; Chen, P.; Sun, J., A Fast and Simple Solid Phase Extraction-Based Method for Glucosinolate Determination: An Alternative to the ISO-9167 Method. Foods, 2024, 13, 650.  Doi.org/10.3390/foods13050650

2023

[46] Li, Y.; Zhou, B.; Teng, Z.; Zhang, M.; Yu, L.; Luo, Y.; Chen, P.; Sun, J., Improved metabolomic approach for evaluation of phytochemicals in mustard, kale, and broccoli microgreens under different controlled environment agriculture conditions. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023, 14, 100719.  Doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100719

[45] Hwang, J.; Chong, N.; Zhang, M.; Agnew, R.J.; Xu, C.; Li, Z.; Xu, X., Face-to-face with scorching wildfire: potential toxicant exposure and the health risks of smoke for wildland firefighters at the wildland-urban interface. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 2023, 33, 100482. Doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2023.100482

[44] Perna, S.; Dedicatoria, B.M.; Chong, N.; Zhang, M.*, GC/MS and DART-MS as complementary methods for investigating the effects of weathering on chemical profiles of ignitable liquids: A case study for paint thinner. Forensic Chemistry, 2023, 33, 100478. Doi.org/10.1016/j.forc.2023.100478

[43] Liu, Z.; Moore, R.; Gao, Y.; Chen, P.; Yu, L.; Zhang, M.*; Sun. J.*, Comparison of Phytochemical Profiles of Wild and Cultivated American Ginseng Using Metabolomics by Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography-High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Molecules, 2023, 28(1), 9. Doi.org/10.3390/molecules28010009

2022

[42] Benefield, V.; Perna, S.; Pham, S.; Chong, N.; Li, Z.; Zhang, M.*, Evaluation of Mass Spectrometric Methods for Screening Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Particulate Phase of Wildfire/Biomass Smoke. Fire Technology, 2022, in press. Doi.org/10.1007/s10694-022-01327-x

[40] Zhang, M.; Wang, Y.; Moore, R.; Upton, R.; Harrington, P.; Chen, P., Development of a Metabolite Ratio Rule-Based Method for Automated Metabolite Profiling and Species Differentiation of Four Major Cinnamon Species. J. Agric. Food Chem., 2022, 70, 17, 5450-5457. Doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.2c01245

2021

[38] Tilluck, R.W.; Mohan, N.; Hetherington, C.V.; Leslie, C.H.; Sil, S.; Frazier, J.; Zhang, M.; Levine, B.G.; Van Patten, P.G.; Beck, W.F., Vibronic Excitons and Conical Intersections in Semiconductor Quantum Dots. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2021, 12, 9677–9683. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02630

[37] Liang, J.; Sun, J.; Chen, P.; Frazier, J.; Benefield, V.; Zhang, M.*, Chemical Analysis and Classification of Black Pepper (Piper nigrum L.) based on Their Country of Origin Using Mass Spectrometric Methods and Chemometrics.  Food Research International, 2021, 140, 109877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109877 

2020

[36] Sun, J.; Janisiewicz, W.; Takeda, F.; Evans, B.; Jurick II, W.; Zhang, M.; Yu, L.; Chen, P. Effect of Nighttime UV-C Irradiation of Strawberry Plants on Phenolic Content of Fruit: Targeted and Non-targeted Metabolomic Analysis. Journal of Berry Research, 2020, 10, 365-380. 

[35] Frazier, J.;  Benefield, V.; Zhang, M.*, Practical Investigation of Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry for Fast Screening of Explosives. Forensic Chemistry, 2020, 18, 100233.  

[34] Liang, J.; Frazier, J.; Benefield, V.; Chong, N;  Zhang, M.*, Forensic Fiber Analysis by Thermal Desorption/Pyrolysis-Direct Analysis in Real Time-Mass Spectrometry (TD/Py-DART-MS). Analytical Chemistry, 2020, 92, 2, 1925-1933.

2019

[33] Dong, W.; Liang, J.; Barnett, I.; Kline, P.; Altman, E.;  Zhang, M.* The Classification of Cannabis Hemp Cultivars by Thermal Desorption Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (TD-DART-MS) with Chemometrics. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 2019, 411,  8133-8142. (link)

[32] Liang, J.; Chen, L.; Guo Y.H.;  Zhang, M.; Gao Y. Simultaneous Determination and Analysis of Major Ginsenosides in Wild American Ginseng Grown in Tennessee. Chem. Biodiversity. 2019 Jul;16(7):e1900203. (Cover Picture) 

[31] Barnett, I.; Bailey, F;  Zhang, M.*, Detection and Classification of Ignitable Liquid Residues in the Presence of Matrix Interferences by Using Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2019, 64, 1486-1494. DOI:10.1111/1556-4029.14029 

2018

[30] Sun J.; Zhang, M.; Kubzdela N.; Luo Y.; Harnly JM; Chen P., Determination of Variance of Secondary Metabolites in Lettuces Grown Under Different Light Sources by Flow Injection Mass Spectrometric (FIMS) Fingerprinting and ANOVA–PCA. Journal of Analysis and Testing, 2018, 2(4), 312-321.

[29]  Barnett, I.; Zhang, M.*, Discrimination of Brands of Gasoline by Using DART-MS and Chemometrics. Forensic Chemistry. 2018, 10, 58-66. 

[28] Sun, J.; Liu, W.; Zhang, M.; Geng, P.; Shan, Y.; Li, G.; Zhao, Y.; Chen, P., The Analysis of Phenolic compounds in Daylily using UHPLC-HRMSn and Evaluation of Drying Processing Method by Fingerprinting and Metabolomic Approaches. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 2018, 42:e13325.  

[27] Chen, L; Wei, Y.; Zhao, S; Zhang, M.; Yan, X.; Gao, X.; Li, J.; Gao, Y.; Zhang, A.; Gao, Y., Antitumor and immunomodulatory activities of total flavonoids extract from persimmon leaves in H22 liver tumor-bearing mice. Scientific Report, 2018, 8:10523.

Publications Before Joining MTSU

2017

[26]  Yin L.; Su C.; Ren T.; Meng X.; Shi M.; Paul Fawcett J.; Zhang, M.; Hu, W.; Gu, J., MSAll strategy for comprehensive quantitative analysis of PEGylated-doxorubicin, PEG and doxorubicin by LC-high resolution q-q-TOF mass spectrometry coupled with all window acquisition of all fragment ion spectra. Analyst. 2017, 142, 4279-4288. DOI: 10.1039/c7an00470b

[25]  Zhang, M.;* Sun, J.;* Chen, P., Development of a Comprehensive Flavonoid Analysis Computational Tool for Ultrahigh-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Diode Array Detection-High-Resolution Accurate Mass-Mass Spectrometry Data. Analytical Chemistry 2017, 89(14), 7388–7397 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00771 (*Co-first author)

[24]  Geng, P.; Harnly, J.; Sun, J.; Zhang, M.; Chen, P., Feruloyl dopamine-O-hexosides are efficient marker compounds for differentiation between Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa) and related Actaea species-an UHPLC-HRAM-MS Chemometrics Study. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2017, 409(10), 2591-2600. DOI: 10.1007/s00216-017-0205-1

[23]  Zhang, M.;* Sun, J.;* Chen, P., A Computational Tool for Accelerated Analysis of Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins in Plants. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 2017, 56, 124-133. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2016.11.014 (*Co-first author)

2016

[22]  Geng, P.; Sun, J; Zhang, M.; Li, X; Harnly, J.; Chen, P., Comprehensive Characterization of C-glycosyl Flavones in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Germ Using UPLC-PDA-ESI/HRMSn and Mass Defect Filtering. Journal of Mass Spectrometry 2016, 51, 914-930. DOI: 10.1002/jms.3803

[21]  Sun, J.;* Zhang, M.;* Chen, P., GLS-Finder: An Automated Data-Mining System for Fast Profiling Glucosinolates and its Application in Brassica Vegetables. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, 2016, 64(21), 4407-4415. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b01277. (*Co-first author)

[20]  Zhang, M.; Zhao, Y.; Harrington, P. B.; Chen, P., Differentiation of Aurantii Fructus Immaturus and Fructus Poniciri Trifoliatae Immaturus by Flow-Injection with Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Detection and Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance using Partial Least-squares Discriminant Analysis. Analytical Letters 2016, 49(5), 711-722. DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2015.1045588

[19]  Zhang, M.; Kruse, N. A.; Bowman, J. R.; Jackson, G. P., Field Analysis of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Soil using a Portable Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME) and Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometry System. Applied Spectroscopy 2016, 70, 785-793. 

2015

[18]  Zhang, M.;* Sun, J.;* Chen, P., FlavonQ: An "Expert System" Automated Data Processing Tool for Profiling Flavone/flavonol Glycosides Using Ultra High-performance Liquid Chromatography Diode Array Detection and High-Resolution Accurate-Mass Mass Spectrometry (UHPLC HRAM-MS). Analytical Chemistry 2015, 87(19), 9974–9981 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02624.

[17]  Geng, P.; Zhang, M.; Harnly, J.; Luthria, D.; Chen, P., Differentiation of Whole Grain and Refined Wheat (T. aestivum) Flour Using Fuzzy Chromatography Mass Spectrometric (FCMS) Fingerprinting and Chemometric Approaches. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 2015, 1-14. DOI:10.​1007/​s00216-015-9007-5 (Selected as Paper in Forefront.)

[16]  Zhang, M.; Harrington, P. B.; Chen, P, Classification of Cultivation Locations of Black Pepper (Piper nigrum L.) using Gas Chromatography and Chemometrics. Current Chromatography 2015, 2(2), 145-151. DOI: 10.2174/2213240602666150518235059

[15]  Zhang, M.; Harrington, P. B., Determination of Trichloroethylene in Water by Liquid–Liquid Microextraction Assisted Solid Phase Microextraction. Chromatography 2015, 2, 66-78. DOI:10.3390/chromatography2010066

[14]  Zhang, M.; Harrington, P. B., Application of Chemometrics to Resolve Overlapping Mass Spectral Peak Clusters Between Trichloroethylene and its Deuterated Internal Standard. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 2015, 29, 789-794. DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7164

2014

[13]  Wang, Z.; Zhang, M.; Harrington, P. B., A Comparison of Three Algorithms for the Baseline Correction of Hyphenated Data Objects. Analytical Chemistry 2014, 86, 9050-9057. DOI: 10.1021/ac501658k

[12]  Zhang, M.; Harrington, P. B., Simultaneous Quantification of Aroclor Mixtures in Soil Samples by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry with Solid Phase Microextraction using Partial Least-Squares Regression. Chemosphere 2014, 118C, 187-193. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.08.018.

[11]  Zhang, M.; Jackson, G. P.; Kruse, N. A.; Bowman, J. R.; Harrington, P. B., Determination of Aroclor 1260 in Soil Samples by GC/MS with Solid Phase Microextraction. Journal of Separation Science 2014, 37, 2751-27566. DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201400102.

[10]  Wu, X.; Zhang, M.; Cui, X.; Paul Fawcett, J.; Gu, J., Comparative pharmacokinetics and the bioavailability of escin Ib and isoescin Ib following the administration of escin, pure escin Ib and isoescin Ib in rats. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2014, 151(2), 839-845

2013

[9]  Zhang, M.; Harrington, P. B., Automated pipeline for classifying Aroclors in soil by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry using modulo compressed two-way data objects. Talanta 2013, 117, 483-491.

2012

[8]  Wu, X.; Zhang, M.; Cui, X.; Gao, F.; He, Q.; Li, X.; Zhang, J.; Fawcett, J. P.; Gu, J., Comparative pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of escin Ia and isoescin Ia after administration of escin and of pure escin Ia and isoescin Ia in rat. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2012, 139(1), 201-6.

2011

[7]  Zhang, M.; Wu, X.; Cui, X.; Gao, F.; Zhang, C.; Yang, Y.; Gu, J., Simultaneous Determination of Escin Ia and Its Isomer Isoescin Ia by LC-MS-MS: Application to a Pharmacokinetic Study of Escin Ia in Rats. Chromatographia 2011, 74(3-4), 243-250.

[6]  Zhang, M.; Gao, F.; Cui, X.; Zhang, Y.; Sun, Y.; Gu, J., Development and Validation of an Improved Method for the Quantitation of Sertraline in Human Plasma using LC-MS-MS and Its Application to Bioequivalence Studies. Journal of Chromatographic Science 2011, 49(2), 89-93.

[5]  Cui, X.; Zhang, M.; Guan, X.; Yin, L.; Sun, Y.; Fawcett, J. P.; Gu, J., LC-MS-MS Determination of Troxerutin in Plasma and Its Application to a Pharmacokinetic Study. Chromatographia 2011, 73 (1-2), 165-169.

2010

[4]  Wu, X.; Liu, L.; Zhang, M.; Wu, D.; Wang, Y.; Sun, Y.; Fawcett, J. P.; Gu, J.; Zhang, J., Simultaneous analysis of isomers of escin saponins in human plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry: Application to a pharmacokinetic study after oral administration. Journal of Chromatography B 2010, 878(11-12), 861-867.

[3]  Sun, Y.; Guo, Y.; Zhang, M.; Cui, X.; Gu, J., Effect of novel β2 receptor agonist trantinterol on cytochrome P450 mRNA expression in HepG2 cells. Journal of Jilin University (Medicine Edition) 2010, 36(5), 862-865.

[2]  Sun, Y.; Gao, F.; Zhang, M.; Cui, X.; Wang, Z.; Gu, J., Effect of trantinterol on cytochrome P450 enzymes. Journal of Jilin University (Science Edition). 2010, 6, 1061-1064.

[1]  Gao, F.; Zhang, M.; Cui, X.; Wang, Z.; Sun, Y.; Gu, J., Simultaneous quantitation of hydrochlorothiazide and metoprolol in human plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 2010, 52(1), 149-154.