{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["McHugh CE"],"funding":["National Institutes of Health","NIGMS NIH HHS"],"pagination":["E93"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6316042"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8(4)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Though blood is an excellent biofluid for metabolomics, proteins and lipids present in blood can interfere with 1d-¹H NMR spectra and disrupt quantification of metabolites. Here, we present effective macromolecule removal strategies for serum and whole blood (WB) samples.<h4>Methods</h4>A variety of macromolecule removal strategies were compared in both WB and serum, along with tests of ultrafiltration alone and in combination with precipitation methods.<h4>Results</h4>In healthy human serum, methanol:chloroform:water extraction with ultrafiltration was compared to methanol precipitation with and without ultrafiltration. Methods were tested in healthy pooled human serum, and in serum from patients with sepsis. Effects of long-term storage at -80 °C were tested to explore"],"journal":["Metabolites"],"pubmed_title":["Rapid, Reproducible, Quantifiable NMR Metabolomics: Methanol and Methanol: Chloroform Precipitation for Removal of Macromolecules in Serum and Whole Blood."],"pmcid":["PMC6316042"],"funding_grant_id":["GM111400","GM069438","GM103799","R01 GM111400"],"pubmed_authors":["McHugh CE","Myers DD","Flott TL","Younger JG","Smiley Z","Schooff CR","Puskarich MA","Jones AE","Stringer KA"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Rapid, Reproducible, Quantifiable NMR Metabolomics: Methanol and Methanol: Chloroform Precipitation for Removal of Macromolecules in Serum and Whole Blood.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Though blood is an excellent biofluid for metabolomics, proteins and lipids present in blood can interfere with 1d-¹H NMR spectra and disrupt quantification of metabolites. Here, we present effective macromolecule removal strategies for serum and whole blood (WB) samples.<h4>Methods</h4>A variety of macromolecule removal strategies were compared in both WB and serum, along with tests of ultrafiltration alone and in combination with precipitation methods.<h4>Results</h4>In healthy human serum, methanol:chloroform:water extraction with ultrafiltration was compared to methanol precipitation with and without ultrafiltration. Methods were tested in healthy pooled human serum, and in serum from patients with sepsis. Effects of long-term storage at -80 °C were tested to explore","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 Dec","modification":"2026-07-16T17:51:29.063Z","creation":"2019-03-26T22:36:05Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6316042","cross_references":{"pubmed":["30558115"],"doi":["10.3390/metabo8040093"]}}