Table 4.
Panel of altered metabolites’ levels identified in fecal water samples of gastrointestinal cancer patients versus healthy controls
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Fw |
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| CRC[83] | CRC[84] | CRC[86] | CRC[85] | |
| 4-aminohippurate | ↓2 | |||
| Acetate | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | |
| Alanine | ↑1 | ↓ | ↑ | |
| Beta-alanine | ↓ | |||
| Butyrate | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | |
| Cholate | ↓ | |||
| Deoxycholate | ↓ | |||
| Galactose | ↓ | |||
| Glucose | ↓ | ↓ | ||
| Glutamate | ↑ | ↑ | ||
| Glutamine | ↓ | ↓ | ||
| Glycerol | ↓ | |||
| Hexose-phosphate | ↑ | |||
| Isobutyrate | ↑ | |||
| Isoleucine | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | |
| Isovalerate | ↑ | |||
| Lactate | ↑ | ↑ | ||
| Leucine | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | |
| Litho deoxycholate | ↓ | |||
| Methanol | ↓ | |||
| Ornithine | ↓ | |||
| Phenylacetate | ||||
| Proline | ↑ | ↑ | ||
| Propionate | ↓ | ↓ | ||
| Succinate | ↑ | ↑ | ||
| Taurine | ↓ | |||
| Valine | ↑ | ↑ | ||
| Xylose | ↓ | |||
1
↑Higher metabolite levels in gastrointestinal cancers.
2
↓Lower metabolite levels in gastrointestinal cancers. Fw: Fecal water; CRC: Colorectal cancer.