Plasma amino acid analysis for diagnosis and amino acid-based metabolic networks

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-53

  Kimura, Takeshi ^a   Noguchi, Yasushi ^a   Shikata, Nahoko ^a   Takahashi, Mitsuo ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Diagnosis; Metabolomics; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; DATA MINING; GENE INTERACTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; REVIEW; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLOME; METABOLOMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 58149123406     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e3283169242     Document Type: Review

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