Metabolomics_ Metabolites, Metabonomics, and Analytical Technologies.pdf

G ENETICS - RESEARCH AND ISSUES M ETABOLOMICS : M ETABOLITES , M ETABONOMICS , AND A NALYTICAL T ECHNOLOGIES No part of this digital document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means. The publisher has taken reasonable care in the preparation of this digital document, but makes no expressed or implied warranty of any kind and assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions. No liability is assumed for incidental or consequential dama ges in connection with or arising out of information contained herein. This digital document is sold with the clear understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, medical or a ny other professional services. G ENETICS - R ESEARCH AND I SSUES G ENETICS - RESEARCH AND ISSUES M ETABOLOMICS : M ETABOLITES , M ETABONOMICS , AND A NALYTICAL T ECHNOLOGIES JUSTIN S. K NAPP AND W ILLIAM L. C ABRERA E DITORS Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York C ONTENTS Preface vii Chapter 1 Correlations- and Distances-Based Approaches to Static Analysis of the Variability in Metabolomic Datasets. Applications and Comparisons with Other Static and ic Approaches 1 Nabil Semmar Chapter 2 Metabolomic Profile and Fractal Dimensions in Breast Cancer Cells 87 Mariano Bizzarri, Fabrizio D’An selmi, Mariacristina Valerio, Alessandra Cucina, Sara Proietti, Simona Dinicola, Alessia Pasqualato, Cesare ti, Luca Galli and Alessandro Giuliani Chapter 3 From Metabolic Profiling to Metabolomics: Fifty Years of Instrumental and Methodological Improvements 121 Chiara Cavaliere, Eleonora Corradini, Patrizia Foglia, ardo Gubbiotti, Roberto Samperi and Aldo Laganà Chapter 4 Plant Environmental Metabolomics 163 Matthew P. Davey Chapter 5 Microbial Metagenomics: Concept, Methodology and Prospects for Novel Biocatalysts and Therapeutics from the Mammalian Gut Microbiome 181 B. Singh,