Affiliations: College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Canada, S7N 5A8
Note: [] Address for correspondence: Peiqiang Yu, PhD, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, 6D34 Agriculture Building, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Canada, S7N 5A8. Tel.: +1 306 966 4132; Fax: +1 306 966 4151; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Synchrotron-based Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy (S-FTIR) has been developed as a rapid, direct, non-destructive, bioanalytical technique. This technique takes advantage of synchrotron light brightness and small effective source size and is capable of exploring the molecular chemical features and make-up within microstructures of a biological tissue without destruction of inherent structures at ultra-spatial resolutions within cellular dimension. To date there has been very little application of this advanced synchrotron technique to the study of plant and animal tissues' inherent structure at a cellular or subcellular level. In this article, a novel approach was introduced to show the potential of the newly developed, advanced synchrotron-based analytical technology, which can be used to reveal molecular structural-chemical features of various plant and animal tissues.
