Abstract
NMR-based metabolomics is an important tool for studying biological systems and has been applied in various organisms, including animals, plants and microbes. NMR is able to provide a 'holistic view' of the metabolites under certain conditions, and thus is advantageous for metabolomic studies. To maximize the use of the information obtained, it is also important to create a platform to measure, store and share data. Public databases for storing and sharing information are still lacking for NMR-based metabolomic analysis in plants. Such databases are urgently needed to make metabolic profiling a real omics technology. In addition, to understand metabolic processes in depth, single-cell analysis and the turnover of metabolites in pathways (fluxomics) should be measured.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 267-275 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Trends in Biotechnology |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2011 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors thank Ms. E.G. Wilson for her comments and review of the manuscript. Financial support from STW Genbiotics (Project No. 10467, GENEXPAND to H.K. Kim) and the Nederlands Genomics Initiative (Horizon Project No. 93519012 to Y.H. Choi) is greatly appreciated.