Software tools and databases play a crucial role in advancing the rigor, robustness, reproducibility, and validation of these studies.
Metabolomics investigations often, but not always, involve the identification and quantification of endogenous and exogenous metabolites in biological samples. Because of its potential for groundbreaking applications in disease diagnostics, biomarker discovery, and systems biology, metabolomics has emerged as a rapidly growing area of research. These profiles can be thought of as the “fingerprints” left behind from chemical processes occurring in biological systems.
Metabolomics is the study of profiles of small molecules in biological fluids, cells, or organs.
