Evaluation of sample preparation protocols for quantitative NMR-based metabolomics.
Olga A SnytnikovaAnastasiya A KhlichkinaRenad Z SagdeevYuri P TsentalovichPublished in: Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society (2019)
The methanol-chloroform extraction seems to be an optimal method for tissues with the high lipid content, providing a satisfactory lipid removal and low metabolite losses. The ultrafiltration leads to large losses of metabolites (up to 60%) and for this reason is not suitable for quantitative analysis.