High-throughput Metabolomics for Plant Natural Product Research
High-throughput Metabolomics
High-throughput metabolic profiling is an emerging transformative approach in plant natural product research, offering comprehensive insights into the complex metabolic networks of plants. This chapter explores the latest advancements in analytical technologies, data-processing tools, and integrative approaches that have revolutionized our understanding of plant metabolism, and discusses the use of high-throughput metabolomic profiling in studies of stress response, crop improvement, and natural product discovery. Incorporating metabolomic profiling with other omics is highlighted, showcasing its potential in elucidating regulatory networks and genetic bases of important plant traits. Challenges in metabolite identification and data interpretation are addressed, along with future directions including the development of more sensitive analytical methods and the application of artificial intelligence in data analysis
Plant secondary metabolism encompasses diverse biochemical pathways that produce specialized metabolites crucial for plant defense, signaling, and interactions with the environment.
High-throughput metabolic profiling is an emerging transformative approach in plant natural product research, offering comprehensive insights into the complex metabolic networks of plants.
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