Application: Functional Microbiomics and Foodomics

Unraveling the Interaction of Lifestyle, Microbiota, Metabolism, and Health

Investigations of the gut-liver, gut-heart, and gut-brain axis have become of increased interest as researchers become to understand the role of the microbiota and its effect on many organ systems. As metabolic profiles can be obtained from biofluids, metabolomics can provide information about microbiota-related processes where metagenomics studies may not be possible. The MxP® Quant 500 includes ­microbiota-derived secondary bile acids, which have different signaling properties than primary bile acids which are synthetized by the liver.