Metabolomics is an emerging field of “omics” research that focuses on high-throughput characterization of small molecule metabolites in biological matrices. As such, metabolomics is ideally positioned to be used in many areas of food science and nutrition research. This review focuses on the recent trends and potential applications of metabolomics in four areas of food science and technology: (1) food component analysis; (2) food quality/authenticity assessment; (3) food consumption monitoring; and (4) physiological monitoring in food intervention or diet challenge studies.

Metabolomics: applications to food science and nutrition research

Synergistic antibacterial activity between Thymus vulgaris and Pimpinella anisum essential oils and methanol extracts

A raison d'être for two distinct pathways in the early steps of plant isoprenoid biosynthesis?

Biosynthesis and Function of Polyacetylenes and Allied Natural Products

Phthalides and Phthalans: Synthetic Methodologies and Their Applications in the Total Synthesis

From the water-soluble portion of the methanol extract of coriander (fruit of Coriandrum sativum L.), which has been used as a spice and medicine since antiquity, 33 compounds, including two new monoterpenoids, four new monoterpenoid glycosides, two new monoterpenoid glucoside sulfates and two new aromatic compound glycosides were obtained. Their structures, were clarified by spectral investigation.

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Water-Soluble Constituents of Coriander

From the water-soluble portion of the methanolic extract of the fruit of anise (Pimpinella anisum L.), which has been used as a spice and medicine since antiquity, twelve new and five known glucosides of phenylpropanoids, including four stereoisomers of anethole glycol 2′-O-β-D-glucopyranoside and four stereoisomers of 1′-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane-1′,2′-diol 2′-O-β-D-glucopyranoside were isolated together with anethole glycols and guaiacyl glycerol. The structures of the new compounds were clarified by spectral investigation.

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Water-Soluble Constituents of Anise: New Glucosides of Anethole Glycol and Its Related Compounds

Aromatic compound glucosides, alkyl glucoside and glucide from the fruit of anise.

Five sesquiterpenoid glycosides (two guaiane-type glycosides and three eudesmane-type glucosides) and a glucoside of an acetylene derivative were newly isolated from the water-soluble portion of the methanolic extract of Atractylodes lancea rhizome together with 26 known compounds. Their structures were characterized as atractyloside A 14-O-beta-D-fructofuranoside, (1S,4S,5S,7R,10S)-10,11,14-trihydroxyguai-3-one 11-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, (5R,7R,10S)-isopterocarpolone beta-D-glucopyranoside, cis-atractyloside I, (2R,3R,5R,7R,10S)-atractyloside G 2-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, and (2E,8E)-2,8-decadiene-4,6-diyne-1,10-diol 1-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic investigation. The presence of six characteristic guaiane-type glucosides in both rhizomes of A. lancea and Atractylodes japonica suggested a close chemotaxonomic relationship between them.

Toru Ishikawa

Papers

Water-Soluble Constituents of Coriander

Water-Soluble Constituents of Anise: New Glucosides of Anethole Glycol and Its Related Compounds

Aromatic compound glucosides, alkyl glucoside and glucide from the fruit of anise.

Glycosides of Atractylodes lancea.

Polar constituents of celery seed.