Table 1.

Major metabolites observed in MSCs and differentiated cells

Metabolite	1H or spin*	Chemical shift (ppm)
Fatty acids	–CH2 –CH3	0.89
Fatty acids	–CH2 –(CH2)n –CH2	1.30
Lactate	–CH3	1.33
Fatty acids	–CH2 –CH3	1.35
Alanine (Ala)	–CH3	1.48
Fatty acids	–CH2 –CH2 –CO–	1.58
Fatty acids	–CH2 –CH═CH–	2.02
Glutamate (Glu)	–CH3	2.05
Glutamine (Gln)	β –CH2	2.13
Glutamine(Gln)	–CH3	2.15
Fatty acids	CH2 –CH2 –CO–	2.25
Glutamate (Glu)	γ –CH2	2.36
Glutamine (Gln)	γ –CH2	2.45
Fatty acids	–CH═CH–CH2 –CH═CH–	2.75
Creatine (Cre)	–CH3	3.04
Choline (Cho)	N–(CH3)3	3.19
Phosphocholine (PC)	N–(CH3)3	3.22
Glyocerphosphocholine (GPC)	–CH2 –N–(CH3)3	3.24
Myo-inositol (myo-I)	–CH–(5)	3.28
Taurine	–CH2 –SO3	3.43
Myo-inositol (myo-I)	–CH–(1)	3.55
Myo-inositol (myo-I)	–CH–(3)	3.63
Creatine (Cre)	–CH2	3.95
Myo-inositol (myo-I)	–CH–(2)	4.07

^*Resonance assignments were referenced to a previous report (Martinez-Bisbal et al., 2004).

Bold characters indicate protons assigned at Chemical Shift.