Akio Kobayashi

TL;DR: A time-course metabolic profiling with Arabidopsis thaliana cell cultures after the imposition of salt stress is reported, and mining results suggest the methylation cycle for the supply of methyl groups, the phenylpropanoid pathway for lignin production, and glycinebetaine biosynthesis are synergetically induced as a short-term response against salt-stress treatment.

TL;DR: Metabolomics is the best technology for the analysis of large mutant or transgenic libraries of model experimental plants, such as Arabidopsis, rice, etc and the potential of metabolomics for plant post-genomic science is suggested.

TL;DR: An innovative technique for green tea's quality determination was developed by means of metabolomics, coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry and multivariate data analysis, and the partial least-squares projections to latent structures analysis with the spectral filtering technique, orthogonal signal correction (OCS).

TL;DR: The high sensitivity of a comprehensive and quantitative analytical method developed with nanoflow liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-ion trap mass spectrometry under multiple-reaction monitoring (MRM) in plant hormone profiling is demonstrated and will be useful for in-depth studies on complex plant hormonal metabolism.

TL;DR: An analytical system that enables the simultaneous rapid analysis of lipids with varied structures and polarities through the use of supercritical fluid chromatography-mass spectrometry (SFC-MS) is developed, which is a powerful tool for studies on lipid metabolomics.