Mass spectrometry of biomolecules: From PDMS to MALDI

Mother Nature (the Ultimate Chemist): South America holds some of the richest rain forests in the world where Nature, through the abundance of the essentials of life has produced a rich spectrum of biological molecules. The early inhabitants of these regions, over thousands of years, have, through experimentation, identified plants and animals that contain components that they have found to be beneficial for their hearth or so toxic that they can be used as a weapon.