Analysis of Brain Metabolites Using Two Complementary Ultrahigh-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Methods.

Metabolomics continues to progress, but obstacles remain. The preservation of metabolites in the target tissue and gathering information on the current metabolic state of the organism of interest proves challenging. Robustness, reproducibility, and reliable quantification are necessary for confident metabolite identification and should always be considered for effective biomarker discovery. Recent advancements in analytical platforms, techniques, and data analysis make metabolomics a promising omics for significant research. However, there is no single approach to effectively capturing the metabolome. Coupling separation techniques may improve the power of the analysis and facilitate confident metabolite identification, especially when performing untargeted metabolomics. In this chapter, we will present an untargeted metabolomic analysis of brain tissue from C57BL/6 mice using two UHPLC-MS methods based on reversed-phase and HILIC chromatography.