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LipidFinder

Filter LC-MS lipid features and obtain putative database annotations.

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Overview

LipidFinder processes previously extracted lipidomics feature tables, removes artifacts, optionally combines polarities and searches lipid databases. This canonical entry includes version 2.0.

Also known as: LipidFinder 2.0

What can this tool do?

Blank and contaminant filteringStructure-database searching

Common uses

  • Filter LC-MS lipid features and obtain putative database annotations.

Scientific fit

Primary function

Preprocessing and feature extraction

Analysis types

Lipidomics

Data compatibility

Inputs

Feature or peak table

Outputs

Feature or peak table, Human-readable report

Input formats

Prepared LC-MS feature CSV files and JSON workflow parameters

Output formats

Filtered and annotated CSV tables; lipid-category plots

Scope and considerations

Designed for

  • LipidFinder processes previously extracted lipidomics feature tables, removes artifacts, optionally combines polarities and searches lipid databases. This canonical entry includes version 2.0.

Not designed for

  • Shotgun lipidomics, low-resolution data or definitive MS/MS structure identification.

Important requirements

  • High-resolution LC-MS data processed into feature tables upstream, with suitable chromatographic separation.
  • Python dependencies and documented column/parameter preparation.

Considerations

  • Database mass matches are putative; inspect filtering and confirm identities with additional evidence.

Access and documentation

Primary accessDocumentation

MIT declaration verified in official repository documentation and metadata. No installation or execution test performed.

License: MIT

Evidence and review

Enveda intake candidate checked against official documentation, license information and primary publication on 2026-10-21. Editorial review only; no execution or independent benchmark.

Core publications

Resource papers, direct updates and tool-specific methods. Selection policy.

  1. LipidFinder 2.0: advanced informatics pipeline for lipidomics discovery applications. Bioinformatics (2021). doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa856
  2. LipidFinder: A computational workflow for discovery of lipids identifies eicosanoid-phosphoinositides in platelets. JCI Insight (2017). doi:10.1172/jci.insight.91634

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Entry history

Changes to this catalogue entry, not the tool's software release history. Acceptance and editorial review are separate.

  1. 2026-10-21 · First committed entry

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