Biomarkers of Whale Shark Health: A Metabolomic Approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Dove, Alistair D M ^a   Leisen, Johannes ^b   Zhou, Manshui ^b   Byrne, Jonathan J ^c   Lim Hing, Krista ^b   Webb, Harry D ^a   Gelbaum, Leslie ^b   Viant, Mark R ^c   Kubanek, Julia ^b   Fernández, Facundo M ^b  

^a Georgia Aquarium Research Center   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HOMARINE; PICOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIRECT ANALYSIS IN REAL TIME MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SHARK;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HEALTH STATUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOMICS; METHYLAMINES; PICOLINIC ACIDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SHARKS;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; RHINCODON TYPUS; RHINCODONTIDAE;

EID: 84869216928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049379     Document Type: Article

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