| Metabolomics is a new approach to assess the contamination of organisms, environmental compartments or foodstuffs, and the impact marine pollution, (natural or anthropogenic), can have on them. Through the analysis of the variation of the metabolite profiles present in the cell, tissues, organs or even the whole organism it is possible to define a physiological state, a stage of development, or the level and nature of a contamination. Generally, analysis of metabolites correlates to experimental design built around a clear biological or environmental question, needs to be supported by sensitive and reproducible tools, and requires access to libraries "house" or international. Often, the non-targeted approach allows for evaluation of many hypotheses. Thus,... |
