Table 1. Brief overview of the macromolecule of interest and how each provides distinct information of compartment specific labelling.

Cellular Component	Molecules	Compartment(s)
Starch	hexoses	plastid
Cell Wall	xylose, arabinose, galactose and mannose	cytosol
Lipids	palmitic and oleic acids	plastid (acetyl-CoA)
Protein	proline, threonine, leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine	plastid
	glutamate	mitochondria
	alanine	cytosol/plastid
	aspartate	mitochondria/plastid