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The challenge of identifying metabolites

An overview of the challenge of identifying metabolites

To convert data to biological knowledge we have to annotate or chemically identify metabolites highlighted in the data analysis.

Throughout the course we have discussed that metabolomes are highly complex and contain hundreds or thousands of metabolites. Professor Warwick Dunn introduces the approaches and resources that are currently available to identify metabolites by the metabolomics community.

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Metabolomics: Understanding Metabolism in the 21st Century

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