Table 2.

Differentially abundant metabolites in raw atypical dark-cutting beef compared to raw normal beef at the beginning of retail display.

Metabolite	p-Value	Abundance (Atypical/Normal)	Role
2-hydroxygluataric acid	0.040	over	Lysine and tryptophan degradation
Arachidonic acid	<0.001	over	Fatty acid metabolism
Linoleic acid	0.003	over	Fatty acid metabolism
Heptadecanoic acid	0.026	over	Fatty acid metabolism
Threonic acid	0.025	over	Sugar acid
Phenylethylamine	0.002	over	Neurotransmitter
Dehydroascorbic acid	0.026	over	Antioxidant metabolism
Palmitoleic acid	0.046	less	Fatty acid metabolism
Lactic acid	0.014	less	Glycolysis