Table 2.
Identified metabolites in serum that were found affected by radiotherapy in patients with GBM
| Metabolite | Corr. serum |
|---|---|
| Aminomalonic acid | ↓ |
| Arachidonic acid | ↓ |
| Arginine | ↓* |
| Asparagine | ↓* |
| beta-D-Methylglucopyranoside | ↓* |
| Butanoic acid | ↓* |
| Citric acid | ↑ |
| Creatinine | ↓* |
| Cysteine | ↓ |
| Dehydroascorbic acid dimer | ↑ |
| Glutamate | ↓ |
| Glutamine | ↓* |
| Glyceric acid | ↓* |
| Glycerol-3-phosphate | ↓* |
| Glycine | ↓ |
| Linolenic acid | ↓* |
| Lysine | ↓ |
| Methionine | ↓* |
| myo-Inositol | ↓ |
| Octadecanoic acid | ↓ |
| Oleic/Elaidic acid | ↓* |
| Ornithine | ↓* |
| Phenylalanine | ↓ |
| Threonine | ↓* |
| Tryptophan | ↓ |
| Tyrosine | ↓* |
| Urea | ↓ |
| Valine | ↓ |
Corr. Serum represent the correlation to treatment
↑ denotes increased levels and ↓ denotes decreased levels following treatment
* = p < 0.05 calculated with a Student’s t-test