Metabolites (Nov 2013)

Metabolomics for Secondary Metabolite Research

  • Eriko Takano,
  • Andris Jankevics,
  • Rainer Breitling,
  • Ana Ceniceros

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo3041076
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 4
pp. 1076 – 1083

Abstract

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Metabolomics, the global characterization of metabolite profiles, is becoming an increasingly powerful tool for research on secondary metabolite discovery and production. In this review we discuss examples of recent technological advances and biological applications of metabolomics in the search for chemical novelty and the engineered production of bioactive secondary metabolites.

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