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ArticleMetabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society2026

ExpoLib: a framework for an MS/MS exposome library of anthropogenic and natural toxicants and their biotransformation products.

Vinicius Verri Hernandes, Miguel A Aguilar Ramos, Rolf Breinbauer, Philipp Fruhmann, Hannes Mikula, Monika Ehling-Schulz, Ellen L Zechner, Emily P Balskus, Benedikt Warth

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Vinicius Verri HernandesDepartment of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Straße 38, 1090, Vienna, Austria. vinicius.verri.hernandes@univie.ac.at.
Miguel A Aguilar RamosDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
Rolf BreinbauerInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010, Graz, Austria.
Philipp FruhmannInstitute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, 1060, Vienna, Austria.
Hannes MikulaInstitute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, 1060, Vienna, Austria.
Monika Ehling-SchulzInstitute of Microbiology, Centre of Pathobiology, Department of Biological Science and Pathobiology, Vetmeduni, Vienna, Austria.
Ellen L ZechnerInstitute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Humboldtstrasse 50/I, 8010, Graz, Austria.
Emily P BalskusDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
Benedikt WarthDepartment of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Straße 38, 1090, Vienna, Austria. benedikt.warth@univie.ac.at.

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introductionDespite technological advancements over the last three decades in small-molecule omics, compound annotation remains a major bottleneck in untargeted metabolomics and non-targeted environmental analysis. This is especially true for exposomics applications, which remain significantly affected by the limited chemical space coverage.

objectivesThis work aims at describing the development of an MS/MS spectral library containing > 170 relevant xenobiotics from different classes of food, environmental, and microbial toxicants.

methodsLC-MS/MS data was acquired using collision-induced dissociation in data dependent acquisition mode under 13 different single collision energies with four additional collision energy spread experiments. A diverse set of compounds including natural toxins produced by bacteria, fungi (mycotoxins), and plants (phytotoxins), as well as anthropogenic chemicals such as bisphenols, phthalates, PFAS chemicals, drugs, consumer care products ingredients, and pesticides, and additional toxicologically relevant chemical classes were screened. Metabolic products for which commercially available reference standards and/or MS/MS spectra are not available in any public or commercial database have been included (e.g. colibactin-DNA-adduct, cereulide, deoxynivalenol-3-glucuronide). Library generation was performed in mzmine.

resultsOpen-format data based on representative spectra are provided.This new resource, available at https://zenodo.org/records/20715576 , is aimed at providing a ready-to-use tool for the annotation of key exogenous compounds which are frequently overlooked in clinical metabolomics but may exert potent biological effects. A detailed discussion from a user perspective is provided regarding the library generation workflow in mzmine, aiming at facilitating the work of fellow researchers in the creation of their own in-house libraries.

conclusionWe intend to provide the metabolomics community with better tools for exposomics research and to reduce perceived barriers in developing specialized MS/MS libraries for widening chemical space coverage and increasing quality and confidence.

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MetabolomicsTandem Mass SpectrometryBiotransformationLiquid Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryMycotoxinsXenobioticsMycotoxinsXenobioticsEndocrine disrupting chemicalsExposure and effect analysisHigh-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS)Microbiome-related genotoxinsStructural elucidationSuspect and non-targeted screening(Xeno-)metabolomics

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