Table 3.
Summary of experimental studies of acupuncture articles on Metabolomics technologies.
| Author/year | Treatment manner | Disease | Acupoint | Testing technique | Upregulation metabolite | Downregulation metabolite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wu et al./2011 [52] | Electroacupuncture | Aging | GV 20 (Baihui); KI1 (Yongquan) |
NMR | Lactate, DMA, choline, and TMAO | N.A. |
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| Wu et al./2010 [53] | Electroacupuncture | Functional dyspepsia (FD) |
BL21 (Weishu); CV12 |
NMR | VLDL/LDL | NAc |
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| Tang et al./2009 [54] | Electroacupuncture | Aging | GV20; KI1 | NMR | saturated fatty acid; triglyceride |
Choline; phosphatidylcholine; unsaturated fatty acid |
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| Wu et al./2008 [55] | Electroacupuncture | Chronic emotional stress |
GV20; SP6 | NMR | Nsaturated fatty acid; phosphatidylcholin |
Glucose; VLDL |