Abstract

Metabolites, the chemical entities that are transformed during metabolism, provide a functional readout of cellular biochemistry. With emerging technologies in mass spectrometry, thousands of metabolites can now be quantitatively measured from minimal amounts of biological material, which has thereby enabled systems-level analyses. By performing global metabolite profiling, also known as untargeted metabolomics, new discoveries linking cellular pathways to biological mechanism are being revealed and are shaping our understanding of cell biology, physiology and medicine.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)263-269
Number of pages7
JournalNature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
Volume13
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2012

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