Author(s)

Scott Wernegreen

Affiliation(s)

University of Connecticut, Storr.

Corresponding Author

Scott Wernegreen

ABSTRACT

Metabolomics is an emerging omics field after genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics, and has become an important part of systems biology. Metabolomics has the characteristics of high throughput, high sensitivity and robustness, and can effectively overcome the limitations of traditional methods. It has received widespread attention in many fields in recent years. This article outlines the analysis process of metabolomics and introduces the application and research progress of metabolomics in food safety, food quality control, food processing, food traceability and the impact of food on human health in recent years.

KEYWORDS

Metabolomics; Food science; High-throughput

CITE THIS PAPER

Scott Wernegreen. The role of metabolomics in food science and engineering. Journal of Trends in Life Sciences. 2024, 2(1): 12-18. DOI: 10.61784/jtls240127.

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