Silas G. Villas-Boas & Jens Nielsen 
Metabolome Analysis 
An Introduction

Providing information on the main approaches for the analysis of
metabolites, this textbook:

* Covers basic methodologies in sample preparation and separation
techniques, as well as the most recent techniques of mass
spectrometry.

* Differentiates between primary and secondary metabolites.

* Includes four chapters discussing successful metabolome studies
of different organisms.

* Highlights the analytical challenges of studying
metabolites.

* Illustrates applications of metabolome analysis through the use
of case studies.

About the author

SILAS G. VILLAS-BÔAS, PHD, is a Research Scientist at
Ag Research Limited in New Zealand.

UTE ROESSNER, PHD, is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the
Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics at the University
of Melbourne, Australia.?

MICHAEL A. E. HANSEN, PHD, is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at
Bio Centrum-DTU, Technical University of Denmark.

JØRN SMEDSGAARD, PHD, is an Associate Professor at
the Center for Microbial Biotechnology, Bio Centrum-DTU?at the
Technical University of Denmark.

JENS NIELSEN, PROFESSOR, Dr. techn., PHD, is the Director
of the Center for Microbial Biotechnology at the Technical
University of Denmark.