Metabolome

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 The Metabolome are all of the metabolites(products of the cell) of an organism[1] The origin of the word is derived from a metabolite and a chromosome.

These include endogenous and exogenous metabolites such as amino acids and drugs respectively. Organisms naturally make endogenous metabolites whereas exogenous are not naturally made. A metabolite usually is less than 1500Da.[2]

The metabolome can be measured by Mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. References: ===

  1. Reed, R. et al. 2013. Practical Skills in Biomolecular Sciences. 4th ed. pp.77.
  2. Wishart, DS (September 2007). "Current progress in computational metabolomics". Brief Bioinform. 8 (5): 279–93