Table 1. Summary of the Biochemical Pathways and Compounds altered in sun-exposed sites.
Pathway | Compounds | Ratio | p-value |
Purine Metabolism pathway | Inosine | Increased | 0.03 |
Xanthine | Increased | 0.04 | |
Hypo-xanthine | Increased | 0.04 | |
Uric acid | Increased | 0.01 | |
Adenosine | Decreased | 0.02 | |
Guanosine | No change | ||
Methionine and glutathione Metabolism pathway | S-adenosylhomocysteine | Increased | <0.001 |
Cysteine | Increased | <0.001 | |
Reduced glutathione | Decreased | 0.002 | |
Cysteine-glutathione disulphide | Increased | <0.001 | |
Glycine | No change | ||
Glutamate | No change | ||
Gamma-methyl ester | Decreased | 0.01 | |
gamma-glutamylvaline | Decreased | <0.001 | |
gamma-glutamylleucine | Decreased | <0.001 | |
gamma-glutamylisoleucine | Decreased | 0.03 | |
gamma-glutamylglutamate | Decreased | 0.001 | |
gamma-glutamylphenylalanine | Decreased | <0.001 | |
gamma-glutamyltyrosine | Decreased | <0.001 | |
Nicotinamide Metabolism pathway | Nicotinamide | Increased | 0.05 |
Nicotinamide ribonucleotide | Increased | 0.02 | |
Nicotine riboside | Increased | 0.05 | |
Quinolinic acid | Not found | ||
Nicotinic acid | Not found | ||
Mononucleotide | Not found | ||
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide | No change |
Increased: The metabolites were up-regulated in biopsies from sun-exposed skin.
Decreased: The metabolites were down-regulated in biopsies from sun-exposed skin.