Meaning of metabolomics | Babel Free

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The study of the range of metabolites present in a person's body at normal times, and when suffering from specific diseases; may be useful as a diagnostic tool.

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“In order to understand these effects, a comprehensive analysis in which all the metabolites of a biological system are identified and quantified is needed. Since such an approach reveals the metabolome of the biological system under study, this approach should be called metabolomics.”

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