Table 2 Differential metabolites in plasma between SYDS patients and healthy volunteers.

From: Integrative metabolic and microbial profiling on patients with Spleen-yang-deficiency syndrome

RT/min

Exact mass

Metabolites

Formula

Fold change SYDS/Health

Related pathway

7.79

284.295

Sphinganine

C18H39NO2

−4.9**

Sphingolipid metabolism

2.46

766.6589

Galactosylceramide(d18:1/22:0)

C46H89NO8

9.4**

Sphingolipid metabolism

5.46

379.2484

Sphingosine 1-phosphate

C18H38NO5P

−2.0**

Sphingolipid metabolism

5.64

380.2574

Dihydrosphingosine 1-phosphate

C18H40NO5P

−2.0**

Sphingolipid metabolism

1.17

133.0141

L-malic acid

C4H6O5

−2.4**

TCA cycle

1.74

117.0191

Succinic acid

C4H6O4

−3.8**

TCA cycle

1.75

261.0582

Citric acid

C5H6O4

5.9**

TCA cycle

1.12

349.0888

N-acetyl-L-aspartic acid

C6H9NO5

−1999.7**

Alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism

1.35

307.0346

dUMP

C9H13N2O8P

−2.7**

Pyrimidine metabolism

3.18

240.9765

3-mercaptopyruvic acid

C3H4O3S

−619.1**

Cysteine and methionine metabolism

1.43

263.1242

4-hydroxyproline

C5H9NO3

−∞**

Arginine and proline metabolism

1.12

387.1513

2-methylhippuric acid

C10H11NO3

+∞**

Fatty acid beta-oxidation

2.16

217.0287

Hypotaurine

C2H7NO2S

55.3**

Taurine and hypotaurine Metabolism

5.14

585.2700

Bilirubin

C33H36N4O6

−3.1**

Porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism

1.06

181.0712

Sorbitol

C6H14O6

−2553.2**

Fructose and mannose metabolism

1.09

321.0946

4,6-dihydroxyquinoline

C9H7NO2

−5.6**

Tryptophan metabolism

1.35

89.0244

L-lactic acid

C3H6O3

1.8**

Glycolysis/Gluconeogenesis

5.46

317.2465

Tetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone

C21H34O3

−7.5*

Steroid hormone biosynthesis

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.