Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS)
The ever-changing demands of each unique industry require not only the right people but also the best technology. Companies require speed, sensitivity, and the flexibility to adapt to meet the new challenges required by their customers. For years, Shimadzu has been known as the leader in liquid chromatography products; now Shimadzu is being recognized as the leading manufacturer for both single and triple quadrupole mass spectrometers. Shimadzu offers the world’s fastest LC-MS instrumentation all without compromising sensitivity - no longer settle for anything less than the best.
Time of Flight Instruments
LCMS-9030 Q-TOF LC/MS System
The LCMS-9030 quadrupole time-of-flight (Q-TOF) mass spectrometer integrates the world's fastest and most sensitive quadrupole technology with TOF architecture.
Product Lineup: Triple Quadrupole LC-MS/MS Instruments
LCMS-8060 LC-MS/MS System
With new ion focusing technology, proprietary ultrafast technologies, a robust design and easy maintenance, the triple quad LCMS-8060 is the ideal LC-MS/MS system for better data quality and higher throughput.
LCMS-8050 LC-MS/MS System
This high-sensitivity LC-MS/MS offers outstanding measurement speeds and quantitative performance, including for specific and highly sensitive Multiple Reaction Monitoring (MRM) multi-component analysis.
LCMS-8045 LC-MS/MS System
The triple quadrupole LCMS-8045 is the workhorse instrument in the Shimadzu LC-MS/MS lineup, designed to be analyzing samples around the clock.
LCMS-8040 LC-MS/MS System
An ultra-fast LC-MS/MS system, the LCMS-8040 is appropriate for laboratories requiring enhanced sensitivity for complex matrices and difficult analytes.
Microflow LC-MS/MS
Nexera Mikros
The High Sensitivity you expect from a Low Flow System with the Ruggedness of HPLC covering the complete range from Micro to Semi-Micro
Single Quadrupole LCMS Instruments
LCMS-2020 Single Quadrupole Liquid Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (LC/MS)
A truly amazing single quadrupole mass spectrometer with unmatched sensitivity and speed, enabling quicker and more accurate detection of trace impurities in a variety of applications.
Ultra-High Speed LCMS System for Multiplex Analysis
Nexera MX
By providing continuous data acquisition, the Nexera MX multiplex analysis system significantly improves analytical throughput, enabling laboratories to operate more efficiently and profitably.
Additional LCMS Ion Sources
LDTD™ Ion Source Option for LCMS-8050/8060
Optional laser diode thermal desporption (LDTD) ion source for rapid sample analysis screening in less than 4 seconds.
Software for LCMS
A full software suite...
Shimadzu offers many different software platforms, from the main data acquisition and processing software known as LabSolutions to numerous overlay software programs designed to enhance the user experience for particular challenges like walkup solutions and clinical data review.
Solution System Packages
Forensic Toxicology Database for LC-MS/MS
The Forensic Toxicology Database includes optimized LC-MS/MS data acquisition parameters and a library database to help both clinical and forensic researchers build screening and quantitation methods quickly, simplifying method development.
Method Package for Veterinary Drugs
This method package contains all of the analytical conditions, including MRM transitions, for 42 common veterinary drugs, dramatically reducing method development time.
Method Package for Primary Metabolites
This method package utilizes two separate chromatographic methods to analyze key components of central metabolic pathways.
Method Package for Lipid Mediators
This method package provides a simultaneous analysis method that encompasses 158 compounds of lipid mediators, including compounds derived from the arachidonic cascade and more.
LC/MS/MS Method Package for Residual Pesticides
The LCMS Method Package for Residual Pesticides (Version 3) contains 6557 MRM transitions for 836 pesticides, as well as software that automates optimization and streamlines data processing.
Method Package for Water Quality Analysis - Golf Course Pesticides
In this method package, analytical conditions and compound data are provided for 44 pesticides commonly used to treat turf at golf courses. Pesticides that are commonly monitored by water quality control agencies are also included.
LC/MS/MS MRM Library for Metabolic Enzymes in Yeast
This product provides a library consisting of 3,584 MRM transitions, including stable isotopes. It covers all 498 trypsin digested peptides of 228 types of enzymes derived from budding yeast, which is used for the production of bioethanol or other materials, or as a model organism for basic research.
LC/MS/MS MRM Library for Phospholipid Profiling
This MRM library targets phospholipids ranging from C14 to C22 with varying degrees of unsaturation for a total of 867 transitions. This library enables performing phospholipid profiling by first characterizing the phospholipid “head, followed by determining the fatty acid composition of the hydrophobic “tail”.
LC/MS/MS Method Package for D/L Amino Acids
With conventional chiral amino acid analysis, it is necessary to perform derivatization or use very long run times. With this method package, derivatization is not necessary, and high-sensitivity analysis can be performed in a short period of time, bringing efficiency to the chiral separations laboratory.
LC/MS/MS Method Package for Mycotoxins
This method package provides simultaneous multi-component analysis conditions for mycotoxins subject to the regulations in Japan, the USA, the EU, and China.
LC/MS/MS Method Short Chain Fatty Acids
This method package helps minimize method development time by providing MRM transitions for short-chain fatty acids (C2 to C5) that have been derivatized using 3-nitrophenylhydrazine (3-NPH).
Method Package for Cell Culture Profiling
This culture medium analysis platform enables the simultaneous analysis of up to 95 components, the highest number of target analysis components that can be analyzed by such a platform.
nSMOL Antibody BA Kit
nSMOL (nano-surface and molecular orientation limited proteolysis) is Shimadzu’s proprietary, innovative technique that enables selective proteolysis of the Fab region of monoclonal antibodies.
LC/MS/MS Method Package for Aminoglycoside Antibiotics
This Method Package is a complete solution for the simultaneous quantitative analysis of all regulated aminoglycosides by HILIC/MS/MS.
LC/MS/MS Method Package for Restricted Chemicals in Textiles
This method package contains 6 separate analytical methods. A shared column is used for the 5 analyses, excluding the certain aromatic amines. Switching between the analytical methods can be done seamlessly by using a LPGE valve and built-in column switching.