Table 1.
Resonance assignments of metabolites in HRMAS NMR spectra of rat liver tissue. Metabolites in bold characters were quantified. Asterisks indicate the center of the integration range used for quantification. Total choline was quantified with the integration range from 3.20 to 3.25 ppm. GPC: Glycerophosphocholine, TMAO: Trimethylamine-N-oxide, s: singlet, d: doublet, dd: doublet of doublet, t: triplet, m: multiplet, ppm: part per million.
| Metabolite | Group | Multiplicity | 1H chemical shift (ppm) | 13C chemical shift (ppm) | Metabolite | Group | Multiplicity | 1H chemical shift (ppm) | 13C chemical shift (ppm) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acetate | CH3 | s | *1.92 | 25.99 | 20 | Lactate | CH3 | d | 1.33 | 22.74 | |
| 2 | Alanine | ßCH3 | d | *1.48 | 18.88 | CH | q | *4.12 | 71.21 | |||
| αCH | q | 3.78 | 53.23 | 21 | Leucine | δCH3 | t | 0.96 | 23.56 | |||
| 3 | Arginine | αCH2 | m | 1.71 | 26.95 | γCH2 | m | 1.66 | 26.78 | |||
| ßCH2 | m | 1.92 | 29.89 | ßCH2 | m | 1.71 | 42.53 | |||||
| δCH2 | t | 3.23 | 43.21 | αCH | m | 3.73 | 56.06 | |||||
| 4 | Ascorbate | C4H | d | *4.52 | 81.02 | 22 | Lysine | γCH2 | m | 1.47 | 24.3 | |
| 5 | Aspartate | ßCH2 | d | 2.71 | 39.17 | δCH2 | m | *1.71 | 29.29 | |||
| ßCH2 | d | 2.81 | 39.17 | ßCH2 | m | 1.90 | 32.69 | |||||
| αCH | dd | *3.87 | 54.93 | 23 | Myo-inositol | C5H | t | 3.24 | 76.86 | |||
| 6 | Betaine | CH3 | s | 3.26 | 56 | C1H,C3H | dd | 3.54 | 74.23 | |||
| CH2 | s | 3.64 | 65.11 | C4H,C6H | t | 3.61 | 74.27 | |||||
| 7 | Choline | N+(CH3)3 | s | 3.21 | 56.64 | C2H | t | 4.05 | 74.89 | |||
| ßCH2 | dd | 3.52 | 70.00 | 24 | Phosphocholine | N+(CH3)3 | s | 3.23 | 56.33 | |||
| CH2(OH) | ddd | 4.06 | 58.38 | NCH2 | m | 3.60 | 69.05 | |||||
| 8 | Creatine | CH3 | s | *3.03 | 39.52 | CH2 | m | 4.17 | 60.9 | |||
| CH2 | s | 3.93 | 61.06 | 25 | Proline | ßCH2 | m | 2.34 | 31.76 | |||
| 9 | Fatty Acids | CH3 | t | *0.9 | 19.93 | δCH2 | dt | 3.42 | 48.69 | |||
| (CH2)n | m | 1.29 | 34.61 | αCH | dd | 4.1 | 64.39 | |||||
| CH3-CH2-CH2 | m | 1,31 | 25,36 | 26 | Scyllo-inositol | CH | s | *3.36 | 76.32 | |||
| CH=CH-CH2-CH2 | m | 2.05 | 24.84 | 27 | Serine | αCH | dd | 3.83 | 59.12 | |||
| CH=CH-CH2- | m | 2.77 | 28.3 | ßCH2 | m | 3.97 | 62.56 | |||||
| CH=CH-CH2- | m | 5.33 | 132.2 | 28 | Taurine | CH2(NH3) | t | 3.27 | 50.3 | |||
| CH=CH- | m | 5.33 | 130.72 | CH2(SO3) | t | 3.41 | 38.77 | |||||
| CH2-CH2-C=O | m | 1.58 | 27.49 | 29 | TMAO | N(CH3)3 | s | 3.27 | 62.19 | |||
| 10 | α-glucose | C4H | m | 3.40 | 72.23 | 30 | Valine | γCH3 | d | 0.99 | 19.38 | |
| CH | m | 3.84 | 63.2 | γ'CH3 | d | *1.04 | 20.76 | |||||
| C1H | d | 5.23 | 94.72 | ßCH | m | 2.3 | 31.8 | |||||
| 11 | ß-glucose | C3H,C5H | m | 3.46 | 78.59 | |||||||
| C6H | dd | 3.89 | 63.42 | |||||||||
| C1H | d | *4.65 | 98.7 | |||||||||
| 12 | Glutamate | ßCH2 | m | 2.05 | 29.89 | |||||||
| γCH2 | m | *2.34 | 36.04 | |||||||||
| αCH | dd | 3.77 | 57 | |||||||||
| 13 | Glutamine | ßCH2 | m | 2.14 | 29.03 | |||||||
| γCH2 | m | *2.44 | 33.53 | |||||||||
| αCH | t | 3.77 | 57.01 | |||||||||
| 14 | Glutathione | CH2(CONH) | m | 2.55 | 33.97 | |||||||
| CH(NH2) | m | 3.78 | 45.99 | |||||||||
| CH(NH2) | q | 4.57 | 58.6 | |||||||||
| CH2(SH) | dd | *2.96 | 28.36 | |||||||||
| 15 | Glycerol | 1,3CH2(OH) | m | 3.56 | 65.07 | |||||||
| 1,3CH2(OH) | m | 3.66 | 65.11 | |||||||||
| 16 | Glycine | αCH2 | s | 3.56 | 44.12 | |||||||
| 17 | Glycogen | C2H | dd | 3.43 | 72.16 | |||||||
| C4H | q | 3.58 | 74.38 | |||||||||
| C5H | q | 3.77 | 63.27 | |||||||||
| C6H | d | 3.85 | 63.27 | |||||||||
| C1H(α1→4) | d | *5.43 | 102.26 | |||||||||
| 18 | GPC | N(CH3)3 | s | 3.23 | 56.61 | |||||||
| γCH2 | m | 3.61 | 63.36 | |||||||||
| ßCH2 | m | 3.90 | 73.31 | |||||||||
| αCH2(P) | m | 4.32 | 62.07 | |||||||||
| 19 | Isoleucine | δCH3 | t | 0.94 | 14.05 | |||||||
| γCH3 | d | 1.00 | 17.04 | |||||||||
| γCH2 | m | 1.51 | 27.19 | |||||||||
| αCH | d | 3.65 | 60.18 |