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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. genetics
  3. metabolomics

Preferred term

metabolomics

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their metabolomes, that is, the complete set of metabolites and endogenous small molecules involved in metabolism of whole cells.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • metabolic profiling
  • metabolome analysis
  • metabonomics
  • metabonomic study

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/17412

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