Metabolomics in Food Science and Nutrition Using GC-MS

Dear Colleagues,

Metabolomic analysis is employed in various fields, including medicine, life sciences, and botany. Rapid advancements have been made in the field of food and nutrition, including regarding the application of analytical techniques for metabolomic analysis. However, only a few laboratories can conduct metabolomic studies due to the need for expensive analytical equipment. Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is a relatively simple and inexpensive technique compared to other methods of metabolomic analysis.

Metabolomic studies using GC-MS mainly focus on the 1) analysis of water-soluble low-molecular-weight components, which mainly include primary metabolites, 2) the lipidomic analysis of fatty acids, and the 3) analysis of volatile components in food, such as aromatic components.

This Special Issue focuses on the performance of metabolomic studies using GC-MS. We welcome the submission of studies related to the field of food and nutrition, especially those that address the topics mentioned above. Additionally, this Special Issue welcomes the submission of metabolomic studies that utilize GC-MS in combination with other methods, such as liquid chromatography–MS and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, including those that address food quality and function, as well as nutritional and dietary biomarkers.

This Special Issue will publish innovative reviews and original research articles that perform metabolomic analysis using GC-MS in the field of food and nutrition.

Dr. Ryota Mabuchi
Dr. Genya Okada
Dr. Yonghuan Yun
Guest Editors

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