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. 2020 Nov 7;16(11):118. doi: 10.1007/s11306-020-01743-6

Table 2.

Metabolites related to drug/alcohol-induced effects

Metabolite Sample Drug Model References
Acetate Liver, Pancreas, Plasma, Serum Ethanol, Heroin Human, Mouse, Rat Bradford et al. (2008), Yoseph et al. (2013), Mostafa et al. (2017), and Ning et al. (2018)
Acetoacetate Pancreas, Serum, Urine Ethanol, Heroin, Ketamine Mouse, Rat Nicholas et al. (2008), Yoseph et al. (2013), Lu et al. (2016), and Ning et al. (2018)
Acetylcysteine CNS Cocaine, MAP, Morphine Monkey, Rat Deng et al. (2012), Hu et al. (2012), Li et al. (2012), and Bu et al. (2013)
Alanine CNS, Serum, Urine Ethanol Human, Mouse, Rat Nicholas et al. (2008), Bradford et al. (2008), Masuo et al. (2009), and Mostafa et al. (2016)
BCAA CNS, Liver, Urine Ethanol Human, Mouse, Rat Bradford et al. (2008), Masuo et al. (2009), and Vázquez‐Fresno et al. (2012)
Choline CNS, Liver, Pancreas, Serum Cocaine, Ethanol, Heroin Mouse, Rat Masuo et al. (2009), Li et al. (2012), Yoseph et al. (2013), and Ning et al. (2018)
Citrate CNS, Serum, Urine Ethanol, MAP, Morphine Human, Monkey, Rat Deng et al. (2012), Bu et al. (2013), Mostafa et al. (2016), and Würtz et al. (2016)
Creatine CNS, Pancreas, Urine Cocaine, Ethanol, Ketamine, Morphine Monkey, Mouse, Rat Masuo et al. (2009), Deng et al. (2012), Hu et al. (2012), Li et al. (2012), Yoseph et al. (2013), and Lu et al. (2016)
GABA CNS Cocaine, Ethanol, MAP, Morphine Monkey, Rat Gao et al. (2007), Masuo et al. (2009), Deng et al. (2012), Hu et al. (2012), Li et al. (2012), and Bu et al. (2013)
Glucose CNS, Liver, Serum Ethanol, Heroin, Morphine Monkey, Mouse, Rat Bradford et al. (2008), Nicholas et al. (2008), Masuo et al. (2009), Deng et al. (2012), and Ning et al. (2018)
Glutamate CNS, Liver Cocaine, Ethanol, Morphine Monkey, Rat Sharma et al. (2003), Xiang et al. (2006), Gao et al. (2007), Masuo et al. (2009), Deng et al. (2012), Hu et al. (2012), and Li et al. (2012)
Glutamine CNS, Liver, Serum Ethanol, Heroin, MAP, Morphine Human, Monkey, Rat Xiang et al. (2006), Gao et al. (2007), Masuo et al. (2009), Deng et al. (2012), Hu et al. (2012), Bu et al. (2013), Würtz et al. (2016), and Ning et al. (2018)
Glycine CNS, Liver, Urine Cocaine, Ethanol, Ketamine Human, Rat Masuo et al. (2009), Li et al. (2012), Lu et al. (2016), and Irwin et al. (2018)
Glutathione CNS MAP, Morphine Monkey, Rat Deng et al. (2012), Hu et al. (2012), and Bu et al. (2013)
3-OH-butyrate CNS, Liver, Pancreas, Serum Cocaine, Ethanol, Heroin Mouse, Rat Nicholas et al. (2008), Li et al. (2012), Yoseph et al. (2013), and Ning et al. (2018)
Homocysteic acid CNS MAP, Morphine Monkey, Rat Deng et al. (2012), Hu et al. (2012), and Bu et al. (2013)
Lactate CNS, Liver, Serum, Urine Cocaine, Crack, Ethanol, Heroin, Morphine Human, Monkey, Mouse, Rat Sharma et al. (2003), Xiang et al. (2006), Bradford et al. (2008), Nicholas et al. (2008), Deng et al. (2012), Hu et al. (2012), Li et al. (2012), Mostafa et al. (2016), Costa et al. (2019), Irwin et al. (2018), and Ning et al. (2018)
Methionine CNS MAP, Morphine Monkey, Rat Deng et al. (2012), Hu et al. (2012), and Bu et al. (2013)
Myo-inositol CNS Cocaine, Ethanol, MAP, Morphine Monkey, Rat Sharma et al. (2003), Xiang et al. (2006), Gao et al. (2007), Masuo et al. (2009), Deng et al. (2012), Hu et al. (2012), Li et al. (2012), and Bu et al. (2013)
NAA CNS Cocaine, Ethanol, MAP, Morphine Monkey, Rat Sharma et al. (2003), Gao et al. (2007), Masuo et al. (2009), Deng et al. (2012), Hu et al. (2012), Li et al. (2012), and Bu et al. (2013)
Phosphocholine CNS, Serum Cocaine, Heroin, MAP, Morphine Monkey, Rat Deng et al. (2012), Hu et al. (2012), Li et al. (2012), Bu et al. (2013), and Ning et al. (2018)
Succinate CNS, Urine Cocaine, GHB, Ketamine, MAP, Morphine Human, Rat Hu et al. (2012), Li et al. (2012), Bu et al. (2013), Lu et al. (2016), and Palomino-Schätzlein et al. (2017)
Succinic acid semialdehyde CNS MAP, Morphine Monkey, Rat Deng et al. (2012), Hu et al. (2012), and Bu et al. (2013)
Taurine CNS, Urine Cocaine, Ethanol, Ketamine, MAP, Morphine Human, Monkey, Mouse, Rat Xiang et al. (2006), Gao et al. (2007), Bradford et al. (2008), Masuo et al. (2009), Deng et al. (2012), Hu et al. (2012), Li et al. (2012), Bu et al. (2013), Lu et al. (2016), and Irwin et al. (2018)

BCAA branched chain aminoacids, CNS central nervous system, GHB γ-hydroxybutyric acid, MAP methamphetamine