Table 3.

Summary of significant metabolites, their observed trends in terms of abundance (↑, ↓, ↔) with corresponding p-values, their chemical formulae and chemical shift assignments.

		Chemical structure	ppm	Expression in cancer	p
1	Acetate	-CH3	1.92(s)	↓	0.4
2	Alanine	-CH3	1.47 (d)	↑	0.0002
3	Creatine	-CH3, -CH2	3.02 (s), 3.93(s)	→	0.89
4	Formate	-CH2	8.45 (s)	↑	0.002
5	Glycerophosphorylcholine	N(CH3)3	3.22	↑	0.016
6	Glycine	CH2	3.56	↑	0.00005
7	Iso-butyrate	-CH3	1.0 (d)	↓	0.41
8	Isoglutamine	β-CH2	2.34	↑	0.001
9	Lactate	-CH3, -CH-	1.33 (d), 4.15 (q)	↑	7.69 × 10–9
10	Leucine	β-CH2 γ -CH	1.72	→	0.19
11	Lipid/Triglyceride	C = C-CH2	2.02	↓	0.02
12	Lipid/Triglyceride	1(CH2)n	1.29	↓	0.002
13	Lipid/Triglyceride	-CH3	0.9	↓	0.001
14	Phosphocholine	N(CH3)3, O-CH2	3.22(s), 4.19(t)	↑	0.007
15	Scylloinositol	-O-H	3.34	↑	0.67
16	Taurine	-CH2-NH, CH2SO3	3.26, 3.42	↑	2.01 × 10–9
17	Valine	-CH3	1.02	→	0.49