Metabolic Profiling: A Perspective on the Current Status, Challenges, and Future Directions

Overview

Journal Methods Mol Biol

Date 2025 Jan 15

PMID 39812974

Authors

Helen G Gika

Georgios Theodoridis

Ian D Wilson

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Abstract

Metabolic profiling continues to develop, and research is now conducted on this topic globally in hundreds of laboratories, from small groups up to national centers and core facilities. Here we briefly provide a perspective on the current status and challenges facing metabolic phenotyping (metabonomics/metabolomics) and consider future directions for this important area of biomarker and systems biology research.

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