Kati Hanhineva

TL;DR: To confirm the implications of polyphenol consumption for prevention of insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and eventually type 2 diabetes, human trials with well-defined diets, controlled study designs and clinically relevant end-points together with holistic approaches e.g., systems biology profiling technologies are needed.

TL;DR: Correlation-based network analysis suggested that metabolism is substantially coordinated during early development in either organ, and a higher degree of connectivity within and between metabolic pathways was measured in the achenes.

TL;DR: It is suggested that indolepropionic acid, a gut microbiota-produced metabolite, is a potential biomarker for the development of T2D that may mediate its protective effect by preservation of β-cell function.

TL;DR: Analysis of metabolite composition of individual flower organs of strawberry including the petal, sepal, stamen, pistil and the receptacle that gives rise to the strawberry fruit allude to spatially-restricted production of secondary metabolite classes and specialized derivatives in flowers that take part in implementing the unique program of individual organs in the floral life cycle.

TL;DR: A methodological description of nutritional metabolomics is provided that reflects on the state-of-the-art techniques used in the laboratories of the Food Biomarker Alliance as well as points of reflections to harmonize this field.