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  • Metabolomics
  • Nutritional Science
  • Biochemistry

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  • Assessing dietary intake, particularly of plant foods, is crucial for public health.
  • Current methods for tracking vegetable consumption have limitations.
  • Urinary metabolomic profiles may offer objective biomarkers for food intake.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a proof-of-principle methodology for identifying urinary metabolomic signatures specific to spinach, celery, and onion.
  • To validate these signatures in individual samples and when vegetables are consumed in combination.

Main Methods:

  • Employed liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) based metabolomics.
  • Collected urine samples from healthy individuals at multiple time points before and after consuming specific vegetables.
  • Utilized principal component analysis (PCA) for pattern recognition and metabolite identification.

Main Results:

  • Identified 1, 9, and 3 unique urinary metabolites associated with spinach, celery, and onion intake, respectively.
  • Observed a consistent "time cycle" pattern for these metabolites, peaking 2-4 hours post-ingestion.
  • Confirmed metabolite profile consistency across individual and combined vegetable consumption.

Conclusions:

  • The developed methodology and identified urinary metabolites serve as potential tools for objective assessment of plant food intake.
  • Urinary metabolomics provides a promising avenue for monitoring dietary habits.
  • This approach can aid in nutritional research and public health initiatives.