Metabolomics and bioactive substances - 18.11.2011

The most objective mapping of cell state

Metabolomics is an effective and exploratory tool for analysing cell metabolites in humans, animals and plants.

 

Metabolites are low-molecular substances resulting from the metabolism or detoxification of nutrients or when nutrients are used for synthesis of other molecules which the cell needs.

All living cells excrete metabolites when exposed to external influences from, e.g., foods, pollution and environmental conditions.

 

By analysing the metabolites, researchers in LIFE's elite research area can obtain a 100% objective picture of how humans, animals and plants respond to the surrounding world.

 

 

We have asked anchorperson Professor Søren Balling Engelsen, Department of Food Science at LIFE, eight sharp questions about the elite research area.

 

Read the whole interview.