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A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Metabolomics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 September 2021) | Viewed by 12952

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Prof. Dr. Do Yup Lee

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Department of Food and Animal Biotechnology, Seoul National Univeristy, Seoul 08826, Korea
Interests: metabolomics; bioinformatics; multi-omics; food science; GC-MS; LC-MS

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Dear Colleagues,

Food provides essential nutrients, pleasurable flavours, and physiological functions that influences on human health interactively with other factors (e.g., genotype). The roles are fulfilled by “metabolites” that are defined as small molecules (<2000 Da). Metabolomics is the ideal technology that determines and evaluates the quantitative features of metabolites pertained in a range of biological contexts including “food matrix”.

Accordingly, the Special Issue invites papers covering a range of topics regarding metabolomic application to food science, which includes but is not limited to food safety, food processing, food quality control, functional food, and food microbiology (fermented food). The topic may also include method development in analytical procedure and computational processing.

Prof. Dr. Do Yup Lee
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Food science & technology
Bioactive compound
Biomarker
Quality control
Agricultural crop
Fermented food
Multi-omics
Mass-spectrometry
Machine learning

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Metagenomic, Metabolomic, and Functional Evaluation of Kimchi Broth Treated with Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs)

by Yeong-Ji Oh, Ye-Rin Park, Jungil Hong and Do-Yup Lee

Metabolites 2021, 11(8), 472; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo11080472 - 22 Jul 2021

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The light-emitting diode (LED) has been widely used in the food industry, and its application has been focused on microbial sterilization, specifically using blue-LED. The investigation has been recently extended to characterize the biotic and abiotic (photodynamic) effects of different wavelengths. Here, we investigated LED effects on kimchi fermentation. Kimchi broths were treated with three different colored-LEDs (red, green, and blue) or kept in the dark as a control. Multiomics was applied to evaluate the microbial taxonomic composition using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing, and the metabolomic profiles were determined using liquid chromatography–Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Cell viability was tested to determine the potential cytotoxicity of the LED-treated kimchi broths. First, the amplicon sequencing data showed substantial changes in taxonomic composition at the family and genus levels according to incubation (initial condition vs. all other groups). The differences among the treated groups (red-LED (RLED), green-LED (GLED), blue-LED (BLED), and dark condition) were marginal. The relative abundance of Weissella was decreased in all treated groups compared to that of the initial condition, which coincided with the decreased composition of Lactobacillus. Compositional changes were relatively high in the GLED group. Subsequent metabolomic analysis indicated a unique metabolic phenotype instigated by different LED treatments, which led to the identification of the LED treatment-specific and common compounds (e.g., luteolin, 6-methylquinoline, 2-hydroxycinnamic acid, and 9-HODE). These results indicate that different LED wavelengths induce characteristic alterations in the microbial composition and metabolomic content, which may have applications in food processing and storage with the aim of improving nutritional quality and the safety of food. Full article

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Effects of Various Processing Methods on the Metabolic Profile and Antioxidant Activity of Dendrobium catenatum Lindley Leaves

by Jing-Jing Liu, Zhen-Peng Liu, Xin-Feng Zhang and Jin-Ping Si

Metabolites 2021, 11(6), 351; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo11060351 - 30 May 2021

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The metabolite profiles and antioxidant activity of Dendrobium catenatum Lindley leaf, a new functional ingredient for food product development, were evaluated in samples that had been prepared using various methods, including freeze-drying, hot-air drying, rolling before drying, steaming before drying, steaming and rolling before drying, and drying at 100, 80, and 60 °C. The concentrations of polysaccharides and flavonoids, as well as the antioxidant capacity of each sample, were determined. Furthermore, two nucleosides, four amino acids, one monoaromatic compound, and eight flavonoids were identified in dried leaves using high-performance liquid chromatography–diode array detector–electrospray ionization–multistage mass spectrometry (HPLC-DAD-ESI-MSⁿ) and ultraviolet (UV) spectral analyses. The content of polar compounds such as cytidylic acid, arginine, tyrosine, and hydroxybenzoic acid hexose increased dramatically during hot-air-drying and rolling-before-drying treatments, while flavonol C-glycosides remained stable throughout the various treatments and drying temperatures. Rolling before drying at 100 °C was identified as the most suitable process when manufacturing tea products from D. catenatum leaves. This process resulted in a high-antioxidant-activity and visually appealing tea. This report details a potential strategy that should be applied in the manufacturing processes of high-quality products from D. catenatum leaves. Full article

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Utilizing the Food–Pathogen Metabolome to Putatively Identify Biomarkers for the Detection of Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli (STEC) from Spinach

by Snehal R. Jadhav, Rohan M. Shah, Avinash V. Karpe, Robert S. Barlow, Kate E. McMillan, Michelle L. Colgrave and David J. Beale

Metabolites 2021, 11(2), 67; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo11020067 - 25 Jan 2021

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Shiga toxigenic E. coli (STEC) are an important cause of foodborne disease globally with many outbreaks linked to the consumption of contaminated foods such as leafy greens. Existing methods for STEC detection and isolation are time-consuming. Rapid methods may assist in preventing contaminated products from reaching consumers. This proof-of-concept study aimed to determine if a metabolomics approach could be used to detect STEC contamination in spinach. Using untargeted metabolic profiling, the bacterial pellets and supernatants arising from bacterial and inoculated spinach enrichments were investigated for the presence of unique metabolites that enabled categorization of three E. coli risk groups. A total of 109 and 471 metabolite features were identified in bacterial and inoculated spinach enrichments, respectively. Supervised OPLS-DA analysis demonstrated clear discrimination between bacterial enrichments containing different risk groups. Further analysis of the spinach enrichments determined that pathogen risk groups 1 and 2 could be easily discriminated from the other groups, though some clustering of risk groups 1 and 2 was observed, likely representing their genomic similarity. Biomarker discovery identified metabolites that were significantly associated with risk groups and may be appropriate targets for potential biosensor development. This study has confirmed that metabolomics can be used to identify the presence of pathogenic E. coli likely to be implicated in human disease. Full article

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Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry: A Review on Its Application to the Red Meat Industry with an Australian Context

by Robert S. Barlow, Adam G. Fitzgerald, Joanne M. Hughes, Kate E. McMillan, Sean C. Moore, Anita L. Sikes, Aarti B. Tobin and Peter J. Watkins

Metabolites 2021, 11(3), 171; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo11030171 - 15 Mar 2021

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The red meat supply chain is a complex network transferring product from producers to consumers in a safe and secure way. There can be times when fragmentation can arise within the supply chain, which could be exploited. This risk needs reduction so that meat products enter the market with the desired attributes. Rapid Evaporative Ionisation Mass Spectrometry (REIMS) is a novel ambient mass spectrometry technique originally developed for rapid and accurate classification of biological tissue which is now being considered for use in a range of additional applications. It has subsequently shown promise for a range of food provenance, quality and safety applications with its ability to conduct ex vivo and in situ analysis. These are regarded as critical characteristics for technologies which can enable real-time decision making in meat processing plants and more broadly throughout the sector. This review presents an overview of the REIMS technology, and its application to the areas of provenance, quality and safety to the red meat industry, particularly in an Australian context. Full article

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