ABSTRACT

Metabolomics is the study of low-molecular-weight compounds (50-1000 Da) that are the products of cellular chemical processes. The presence, absence, and concentration of these metabolites in a tissue or biouid may be considered a prole that carries signicant information about the state of the cellular system. Metabolomics

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