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Sample Preparation for Metabolite Analysis

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Dear Colleagues,

Sample preparation is a critical, yet often undervalued stage of any metabolomics study. All too often, samples are pre-treated prior to analysis using approaches which have not been optimised, evaluated or validated.

However, previous publications within the area have demonstrated that judicious choice of sample preparation method is critical to analytical success. The choice of sample preparation method not only affects the resultant metabolomic profile of samples, but has even been demonstrated to affect the biochemical conclusions drawn from studies.

In this special issue, I therefore invite authors to share their best practice in the preparation of biological samples for metabolomics.

Dr. Clare A. Daykin
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • sample preparation
  • deproteinisation
  • lipid extraction
  • cell extraction
  • tissue extraction
  • liquid-liquid extraction (LLE)
  • solid phase extraction (SPE)
  • protein precipitation
  • method development
  • off-line SPE
  • on-line SPE
  • metabolic profiles
  • metabolic patterns
  • biomarker detection
  • biomarker validation
  • personalized medicine
  • therapy optimization
  • metabolic modeling
  • metabolic network simulation
  • data integration
  • integrated databases

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