Toxicometabolomics: small molecules to answer big toxicological questions

Araújo, Ana Margarida; Carvalho, Félix; Guedes de Pinho, Paula; Carvalho, Márcia

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Araújo, Ana Margarida

Carvalho, Félix

Guedes de Pinho, Paula

Carvalho, Márcia

Abstract(s)

Given the high biological impact of classical and emerging toxicants, a sensitive and comprehensive assessment of the hazards and risks of these substances to organisms is urgently needed. In this sense, toxicometabolomics emerged as a new and growing field in life sciences, which use metabolomics to provide new sets of susceptibility, exposure, and/or effects biomarkers; and to characterize in detail the metabolic responses and altered biological pathways that various stressful stimuli cause in many organisms. The present review focuses on the analytical platforms and the typical workflow employed in toxicometabolomic studies, and gives an overview of recent exploratory research that applied metabolomics in various areas of toxicology.