An Overview of the Role of Metabolomics in the Identification of Dietary Biomarkers

Current Nutrition Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 304-312

  Brennan, L ^a   Gibbons, H ^a   O'Gorman A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dietary biomarkers; Dietary patterns; Human nutrition; Metabolic profiling; Metabolomics; NMR

Indexed keywords

1, 2, 3, 4 TETRAHYDRO 1 METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID; 3 METHYLHISTIDINE; ARSENOBETAINE; BETAINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CAFFEIC ACID; CARNITINE; CARNOSINE; CREATINE; CREATININE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; EPICATECHIN; FATTY ACID; FERRITIN; INDICAN; METHYLHISTIDINE; PALMITIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROLINE; RESORCINOL DERIVATIVE; SPHINGOMYELIN; TAURINE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; TYRAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECYLENATE CALCIUM; UNINDEXED DRUG; XANTHURENIC ACID;

CEREAL; CITRUS FRUIT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MEAT; METABOLOMICS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASPBERRY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; VEGETABLE;

EID: 85012857048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21613311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13668-015-0139-1     Document Type: Review

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