MSDCARB — a database and software for mass spectral data of carbohydrates

A special database has been developed for the mass spectral data of carbohydrates and their conjugates (MSDCARB), together with appropriate software which allows one to collect, store, edit, retrieve, search, compare and display mass spectra in table form or in graphic mode. The database contains over 400 electron impact 70 eV and/or 12 eV low resolution mass spectra obtained at the Institute of Chemistry of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. The database can be extended using re-evaluated mass spectral data from other sources. The software described enables the handling of mass spectral data libraries, the creation of sub-libraries, browsing through the libraries according to various criteria and their combination and the comparison of spectra using a variety of parameters.