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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 21.
Published in final edited form as: Metabolomics. 2017 Jun 12;13(7):86. doi: 10.1007/s11306-017-1225-8

Table 4;

Summary Metabolomic Biomarkers Associated with Preeclampsia in twenty-eight studies

Biological Sample Comparison of PE Cases and Controls Prior to Diagnosis Comparison of PE Cases and Controls Prior post Diagnosis Comparisons of PE Endotypes
1st Trimester 2nd Trimester
early onset Late onset onset not specified early onset onset not specified
Serum 2-HB; 3-hydroxyisovalerate; acetone; citrate; glycerol; 3-hydroxyisovalerate; arginine; Stearoylcarnitine; taurine* glycerol; carnitine; valine; pyruvate; 3-HB; 1-MH; glycerol; trimethylamine; acetoacetate; Stearoylcarnitine propylene glycol; 3-hydroxyisovalerate; formate, choline;, succinate; phenylalanine; glycine, glucose, isopropanol; acetate hydroxyhexanoylcarnitine; Phenylalanine; Glutamate; Alanine; Triglycerides, 3-HB, pyruvate, PtdCho, lactate; carnitine Alanine; 2-hydroxy-3-methyl-butanoic acid; 2-Ethyl-3-hydroxypropionic acid; 2-Oxoglutaric acid; Glutamic acid; Xylitol/ribitol; uric acid; Creatinine; PC(14:0/00); Proline betaine; Proline; lipids; lipoproteins

Glycerol; trimethylamine; succinate






Plasma Cohibin A; 16-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone; phosphocholines; 13'-Carboxy-gamma-tocopherol; Dimethamine Quinoline Montecristin; (mono-, di- and tri-) glycerides




Phospholipids









5-Hydroxytryptophan, monosaccharide(s), decanoylcarnitine, methylglutaric acid and/or adipic acid, oleic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, butyrolactone and/or oxolan-3-one, acetoacetic acid, hexadecenoyleicosatetraenoyl- snglycerol, di-(octadecadienoyl)- snglycerol, sphingosine 1-phosphate, sphinganine 1-phosphate, Vitamin D3 derivatives, 2-oxovaleric acid and/or oxo-methylbutanoic acid; carnitines lactate; fucose; threonine; cholesterol; isoleucine; leucine; histidine; tyrosine; phenylalanine; 1-acyl-lysophosphatidylcholine; 2-acyl-lysophosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylinositol; fluvoxamine; choline; betaine


Urine Citrate; glycerol; hydroxyisovalerate; methionine; glutamine; pyruvate; propylene glycol; trimethylamine; hydroxybutyrate; hydroxyisovalerate; Hippurate; creatinine; glycine; 4-DEA, DMA; hippurate; lactate; creatine; ProlB Carnitines



choline; creatine; glycine
Placenta and Interuterine Tissue GPC, PCho, Aspartate, EtAm, Taurine; Glucose;, Ascididmen, Glycine;; 5-HETE; 12-HETE; 15-HETE; phosphatidylserine; ganglioside mannoside 3; Macrolides/polyketides-PK04

Choline, Lysine, Alanine, Glucose, Myo-inositol, Taurine, Aspartate. Glycine, 3-HB; Acyl glycerides, fatty acids; amino acid-related metabolites, Vitamin D-related metabolites, isoprenoids; phospholipids
Breast Milk Oligosaccharides; lactose; acetate; acetone; glutamate; glutamine; glycerophosphocholine