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Table 2 Top significant identified metabolites with pathway membership or role in metabolism. Lipid and amino acid metabolism-related compounds predominated in D4, while many of those present in D20 were involved in carbohydrate metabolism

From: Transcriptomic and metabolomic characterization of post-hatch metabolic reprogramming during hepatic development in the chicken

Compound

Fold-change

(Log2)

Adjusted p-value

Day

Pathway

Retinal

4.42

2.22E-10

D4

Vitamin A

2-Hydroxybutanoic Acid

3.34

4.25E-03

D4

Amino Acid-Glutathione Metabolism

Oleic acid

3.12

2.41E-3

D4

Lipid metabolism

Palmitoleic acid

2.87

5.98E-9

D4

Lipid metabolism

Lactobiose (lactose)

2.60

3.11E-5

D4

Carbohydrate metabolism

Phosphoserine

1.99

6.92E-5

D4

Serine metabolism

Uric Acid

1.79

1.03E-6

D4

Nitrogen metabolism

Phosphoenolpyruvate

1.77

1.11E-4

D4

Glycolysis (ATP synthesis phase)

Gamma-Tocopherol

1.73

2.73E-4

D4

Vitamin E metabolism

Uracil

1.66

1.59E-6

D4

Pyrimidine metabolism

3-Phosphoglycerate

1.63

3.67E-3

D4

Glycolysis (ATP synthesis phase)

Aspartate

−1.57

1.6E-4

D20

Amino acid metabolism

Adenosine

−1.64

5.7E-3

D20

Purine metabolism

Guanosine

−1.65

4.3E-3

D20

Purine metabolism

Hypoxanthine

−1.74

3.13E-4

D20

Purine metabolism

Creatinine

−1.82

7.65E-3

D20

Creatine metabolism

Citrate

−2.00

3.41E-5

D20

TCA cycle

Fructose-6-Phosphate

−2.15

4.86E-7

D20

Gluconeogenesis or Glycolysis (ATP incorporating phase)

CMP

−2.42

2.53E-7

D20

Pyrimidine metabolism, TAG, lipid & sialic acid synthesis

Inosine

−2.66

1.21E-5

D20

Nucleoside metabolism

5-Methoxytryptamine

−2.81

9.43E-7

D20

Tryptophan metabolism

Hexose-6-Phosphate

−3.25

5.51E-8

D20

Carbohydrate metabolism

Succinate

−3.35

2.64E-9

D20

TCA cycle

Glucose-6-Phosphate

−3.48

1.44E-6

D20

Gluconeogenesis or Glycolysis (ATP incorporating phase)

Fumarate

−4.87

1.9E-9

D20

TCA cycle

Malate

−5.32

9.28E-12

D20

TCA cycle