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Table 1 Potential biomarkers in liver based on the UPLC-Q-TOF/MS analysis between the obese and lean mice

From: Metabolomic signatures for liver tissue and cecum contents in high-fat diet-induced obese mice based on UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS

Ionization mode

RT(s)

m/z

Metabolites

Metabolic pathway

VIP

Fold change

p value

ESI (+)

788.63

198.0517674

sn-Glycerol 3-Phosphoethanolaminesn

Glycerophospholipid metabolism

1.95

1.94

0.001

ESI (+)

780.035

104.1058352

Choline

Glycerophospholipid metabolism

1.29

1.38

0.0009

ESI (+)

878.204

489.1135327

Gytidine 5’-diphosphocholine

Glycerophospholipid metabolism

1.84

2.13

0.032

ESI (+)

915.7575

142.0254256

O-Phosphoethanolamine

Glycerophospholipid metabolism

1.02

1.71

0.002

ESI (+)

862.561

258.1094388

Glycerophosphocholine

Glycerophospholipid metabolism

1.45

2.13

0.014

ESI (+)

315.6605

756.5520133

PC(16:0/16:0)

Glycerophospholipid metabolism

1.91

0.46

0.013

ESI (−)

717.05

242.0794821

Phosphorylcholine

Glycerophospholipid metabolism

1.62

2.39

0.012

ESI (+)

363.218

285.22

Eicosapentaenoic acid

Biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids

2.00

0.30

0.011

ESI (−)

69.324

327.2320636

(4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z,19Z)-4,7,10,13,1 6,19-Docosahexaenoic acid

Biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids

12.62

0.62

0.0058

ESI (−)

356.1175

281.2478597

Oleic acid

Biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids

4.70

3.89

0.029

ESI (−)

73.247

277.2171703

Alpha-linolenic acid

Biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids

5.06

0.67

0.039

ESI (−)

302.251

391.2844083

Chenodeoxycholic acid

Primary bile acid biosynthesis

6.08

35.94

2.9E−05

ESI (+)

413.101

516.2991879

Taurocholic acid

Primary bile acid biosynthesis

1.80

0.35

0.034

ESI (+)

592.106

126.0208716

Taurine

Primary bile acid biosynthesis

10.12

0.41

0.002

ESI (−)

267.2065

498.2881509

Taurochenodeoxycholic acid

Primary bile acid biosynthesis

21.0

24.36

0.005

ESI (−)

351.388

407.2790416

Cholic acid

Primary bile acid biosynthesis

2.96

0.62

0.035

ESI (+)

316.61

517.3294166

Taurodeoxycholic acid

–

1.37

5.88

0.004

ESI (+)

326.4925

482.2922443

Tauroursodeoxycholic acid

–

4.31

18.71

0.011

ESI (−)

73.91

482.2933108

Taurolithocholic acid

–

1.60

4.36

0.003

  1. ESI+ electrospray ionization in positive ion mode, ESI− electrospray ionization in negative ion mode, RT retention time, VIP variance importance for projection, PC phosphatidylcholine