Nutrimetabolomics: An Integrative Action for Metabolomic Analyses in Human Nutritional Studies

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  • Marynka M. Ulaszewska
  • Christoph H. Weinert
  • Alessia Trimigno
  • Reto Portmann
  • Cristina Andres Lacueva
  • René Badertscher
  • Lorraine Brennan
  • Carl Brunius
  • Achim Bub
  • Francesco Capozzi
  • Marta Cialiè Rosso
  • Chiara E. Cordero
  • Hannelore Daniel
  • Stéphanie Durand
  • Bjoern Egert
  • Paola G. Ferrario
  • Edith J. M. Feskens
  • Pietro Franceschi
  • Mar Garcia-Aloy
  • Franck Giacomoni
  • And 26 others
  • Pieter Giesbertz
  • Raúl González-Domínguez
  • Kati Hanhineva
  • Lieselot Y. Hemeryck
  • Joachim Kopka
  • Sabine E. Kulling
  • Rafael Llorach
  • Claudine Manach
  • Fulvio Mattivi
  • Carole Migné
  • Linda H. Münger
  • Beate Ott
  • Gianfranco Picone
  • Grégory Pimentel
  • Estelle Pujos-Guillot
  • Samantha Riccadonna
  • Manuela J. Rist
  • Caroline Rombouts
  • Josep Rubert
  • Thomas Skurk
  • Pedapati S. C. Sri Harsha
  • Lieven Van Meulebroek
  • Lynn Vanhaecke
  • Rosa Vázquez-Fresno
  • David Wishart
  • Guy Vergères

The life sciences are currently being transformed by an unprecedented wave of developments in molecular analysis, which include important advances in instrumental analysis as well as biocomputing. In light of the central role played by metabolism in nutrition, metabolomics is rapidly being established as a key analytical tool in human nutritional studies. Consequently, an increasing number of nutritionists integrate metabolomics into their study designs. Within this dynamic landscape, the potential of nutritional metabolomics (nutrimetabolomics) to be translated into a science, which can impact on health policies, still needs to be realized. A key element to reach this goal is the ability of the research community to join, to collectively make the best use of the potential offered by nutritional metabolomics. This article, therefore, provides a methodological description of nutritional metabolomics that reflects on the state-of-the-art techniques used in the laboratories of the Food Biomarker Alliance (funded by the European Joint Programming Initiative “A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life” (JPI HDHL)) as well as points of reflections to harmonize this field. It is not intended to be exhaustive but rather to present a pragmatic guidance on metabolomic methodologies, providing readers with useful “tips and tricks” along the analytical workflow.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1800384
JournalMolecular Nutrition and Food Research
Volume63
Issue number1
Number of pages38
ISSN1613-4125
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • GC–MS, LC–MS, metabolomics, NMR, nutrition

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