Metabolomics: An emerging post-genomic tool for nutrition

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 549-555

  Whitfield, Phillip D ^a   German, Alexander J ^a   Noble, Peter John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metabolite profiling; Metabolomics; Metabonomics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GENOMICS; HUMANS; METABOLISM; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; TERMINOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 6444243156     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20041243     Document Type: Article

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