Table 2 Tools and Parameter used for pre-processing the LCMS raw data.

From: LC-MS based plant metabolic profiles of thirteen grassland species grown in diverse neighbourhoods

Tool name

Description

Version

Parameter

Value

MSnbase readMSData

Import mass-spectrometry data files

2.8.2.1

  

findChromPeaks

feature detection

3.4.4.1

extraction method

40

   

peak width (s)

5, 20

   

signal to noise ratio

5

   

prefilter

3, 100

   

noise filter

100

xcms findChromPeaks Merger

merging xcms findChromPeaks

3.4.4.0

  

xcms groupChromPeaks (group)

grouping of chromatographic peaks

3.4.4.0

method

PeakDensity

   

bandwidth

6

   

minimum fraction

0.75

   

minimum number

1

   

width of m/z slices

0.005

xcms adjustRtime (retcor)

retention time correction

3.4.4.1

method

PeakGroups

   

minimum fraction

0.75

   

maximum number

1

   

smooth method

Loess – non-linear alignment

   

degree smoothing

0.2

   

family

gaussian

xcms groupChromPeaks (group)

grouping of chromatographic peaks

3.4.4.0

method

PeakDensity

   

bandwidth

6

   

minimum fraction

0.75

   

minimum number

1

   

width of m/z slices

0.005

CAMERA.annotate

Annotation of putative compounds

2.2.4

multiplier of sd

6

   

general ppm error

5

   

general abs error

0.005

   

maximum ion charge

3

   

maximum number

4

   

isotope annotation

0.5

   

correlation threshold

0.75

   

grouping into pseudospectra

hcs

   

correlation threshold

0.05

Check Format

Checking/formatting the sample and variable names

3.0.0

  

Generic_Filter

Deleting samples and/or variables

2017.06

remove in “…” values upper

“rt”, 840 (s)

   

remove in”…” values lower

“rt”, 80 (s)

  1. The complete workflow is available in Galaxy-W4M (https://doi.workflow4metabolomics.org/W4M00008).