Background When foods are processed or cooked, many chemical reactions occur involving
a wide range of metabolites including sugars, amino acids and lipids. These chemical …

Metabolomics is a tool used for quantitative assessment of metabolites that has been
applied extensively in the field of food science. Recently, metabolomics-based gas …

Fermentation is an important process that can provide new flavors and nutritional and
functional foods, to deal with changing consumer preferences. Fermented foods have …

Plant-derived foods are typically subjected to postharvest storage and processing before
consumption by humans. Changes in metabolite composition that occur during these …

It is now well documented that the diet has a significant impact on human health and well-
being. However, the complete set of small molecule metabolites present in foods that make …

Metabolomics is a relatively new component in systems biology that focuses on the high-
throughput characterization of small molecular metabolites in biological systems. It is widely …

Background Fresh and processed fruits and vegetables (F&V) contain small molecules,
which contribute to the nutritional, taste, aroma, color, and safety quality of fresh and …

Metabolomics is an emerging field of “omics” research that focuses on high-throughput
characterization of small molecule metabolites in biological matrices. As such, metabolomics …

Mass spectrometry (MS) has gained popularity in metabolomics due to its unparalleled
sensitivity and specificity, high resolution and wide dynamic range. MS-based metabolomics …

Metabolomics has emerged as an important tool in many disciplines such as human
diseases and nutrition, drug discovery, plant physiology and others. In food science …