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The use of metabonomics to uncover differences between the small molecule profiles of eggs from cage and barn housing systems

Thompson

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Metabonomic techniques have been used to observe differences in the small molecule profiles of chicken eggs, to work towards the detection, and thus prevention, of fraud regarding the misrepresentation of egg farming systems. High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Quadrupole-Time-of-Flight-Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-Q-ToF-MS) was used to obtain profiles of the small molecules found in the yolks of eggs that were laid by hens in enriched cage systems, and in barn systems. Statistical analysis of these small molecule profiles, including the use of XCMS Online and multivariate statistics, was able to uncover differences between the yolks of cage and barn eggs. Several unidentified compounds were found to be present in significantly different abundances between cage and barn egg yolks and one of these compounds was tentatively identified, through the use of METLIN, as 1,2-dipalmitoyl-glycero-3-phosphocholine.

Acceptance Date Jan 21, 2019
Publication Date Jun 1, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Food Control
Print ISSN 0956-7135
Publisher Elsevier
Pages 165-170
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.01.023
Keywords Fraud; Eggs; Metabonomics; Chromatography; Mass spectrometry
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.01.023

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