The food metabolome is defined as the part of the human metabolome directly derived from
the digestion and biotransformation of foods and their constituents. With> 25,000 …

Metabolomics offers a revolutionary framework for phenoty** individuals at a molecular
level that is needed for new breakthroughs in cell biology and personalized medicine. 1− 3 …

Dietary polyphenols are components of many foods such as tea, fruit, and vegetables and
are associated with several beneficial health effects although, so far, largely based on …

Metabolomics data obtained from (human) nutritional intervention studies can have a rather
complex structure that depends on the underlying experimental design. In this paper we …

Hippurate, the glycine conjugate of benzoic acid, is a normal constituent of the endogenous
urinary metabolite profile and has long been associated with the microbial degradation of …

Health is influenced by genetic, lifestyle, and diet determinants; therefore, nutrition plays an
essential role in health management. Still, the substantiation of nutritional health benefits is …

Nutrition is an interdisciplinary science that studies the interactions of nutrients with the body
in relation to maintenance of health and well-being. Nutrition is highly complex due to the …

For many years, it was believed that the main function of the large intestine was the
resorption of water and salt and the facilitated disposal of waste materials. However, this …

Polyphenols, ubiquitously present in the food we consume, may modify the gut microbial
composition and/or activity, and moreover, may be converted by the colonic microbiota to …

Metabolomics studies aim at a better understanding of biochemical processes by studying
relations between metabolites and between metabolites and other types of information (eg …