Applications of metabolomics in agriculture

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 8984-8994

  Dixon, Richard A ^a   Gang, David R ^b   Charlton, Adrian J ^c   Fiehn, Oliver ^d   Kuiper, Harry A ^e   Reynolds, Tracey L ^f   Tjeerdema, Ronald S ^d   Jeffery, Elizabeth H ^g   German, J Bruce ^d   Ridley, William P ^f   Seiber, James N ^h  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^h WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental safety; Food; Mass spectrometry; Metabolic pathways; Metabolomics; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMICS; HUMANS; METABOLISM; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 33845612720     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf061218t     Document Type: Review

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