It is well known that glutamate (Glu), a neurotransmitter in human body, is a protein amino
acid. It plays a very important role in plant growth and development. Nowadays, Glu has …

Metabolomics is one omics approach that can be used to acquire comprehensive
information on the composition of a metabolite pool to provide a functional screen of the …

Deciphering the mechanism of malate accumulation in plants would contribute to a greater
understanding of plant chemistry, which has implications for improving flavor quality in crop …

The concept of metabolite profiling has been around for decades, but technical innovations
are now enabling it to be carried out on a large scale with respect to the number of both …

The respiratory pathways of glycolysis, the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and the
mitochondrial electron transport chain are ubiquitous throughout nature. They are essential …

Glutamate occupies a central position in amino acid metabolism in plants. The acidic amino
acid is formed by the action of glutamate synthase, utilizing glutamine and 2-oxoglutarate …

During the previous decade, a new array of analytical methodologies and technologies were
introduced related to the analysis of microbial, plant and animal metabolomes (complete …

Metabolomics is now considered a wide-ranging, sensitive and practical approach to
acquire useful information on the composition of a metabolite pool present in any organism …

The post-genomics era has brought with it ever increasing demands to observe and
characterise variation within biological systems. This variation has been studied at the …

The concept of metabolite profiling has been around for several decades, but only recent
technical innovations have allowed metabolite profiling to be carried out on a large scale …