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March 2009

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Chenomx offers software and services for generating, classifying, and interpreting metabolic profiles obtained from biological fluids using magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
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Chenomx at SOT
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NMR Suite Tips
Fun Facts
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Greetings!

Welcome to the March edition of our Discover More
newsletter:
 Chenomx Will Have a Booth at the SOT
 
For the third straight year, Chenomx is proud to have a booth at the upcoming Society of Toxicology (SOT) ToxExpo conference in Baltimore, MD.  Our booth will be #1685 and we will be there from March 16-18, 2009. 

If you are attending, please come visit our booth to learn more about Chenomx's patented targeted profiling technique and how our contract services and software can help you with your research.  Our powerful technology can be used with a variety of sample types and has a broad range of applications.  Drop by our booth to find out more!

For more information on the SOT conference you can go to the website here.

If you are not attending, but want to learn more about our patented services and software you can contact us here.
Publications Using Chenomx NMR Suite
The publications using Chenomx NMR Suite just don't stop!  Last month, there was a new study published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry by Son et al. entitled Metabolomic Studies on Geographical Grapes and Their Wines Using 1H NMR Analysis Coupled with Multivariate Statistics.  This study used Chenomx NMR Suite to analyze the NMR spectra of various different wines and how environmental vineyard conditions can affect the chemical composition or metabolites of grapes and their wines. The study demonstrated that 1H NMR-based metabolomics coupled with multivariate statistical data sets can be useful for determining grape and wine quality.

To see the abstract and sign-in to read this paper click here.

There was another paper published by Dowlatabadi et al. in the December '08 edition of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry called Metabolic footprinting study of white spruce somatic embryogenesis using NMR spectroscopy. This study used Chenomx NMR Suite to probe metabolic changes by conducting a ''metabolic footprinting'' study, whereby culture media from growing cells was quantitatively analyzed to determine which metabolites were consumed and excreted. Therefore, the metabolites in the cell culture media rather than the cells themselves were analyzed. It clearly illustrates the usefulness of this approach

To see the abstract and sign-in to read this paper click here.

Finally, as noted by a quick-witted reader, we have made an error in the reference noted last month in the study by Hagel et al.  The study was actually published in Plant Physiology Journal and not the Journal of Proteome Research as was mentioned. 

If you have published any material using Chenomx NMR Suite please let us know and we'll mention it in this newsletter!

For other publications, posters, and application notes using Chenomx NMR Suite click here.
Chenomx NMR Suite 5.1 Tips
Chenomx NMR Suite When using the Spin Simulator module in Chenomx NMR Suite 5.1, a spin definition can describe no more than ten protons. However, given that a spin definition typically describes chemically and magnetically equivalent protons, you may find that a value greater than three (a methyl group) is not often required.
Did You Know?
The rat has been called the world's most destructive mammal - other than man. Rats destroy an estimated 1/3 of the world's food supply each year.
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Alex Cherniavsky
Chenomx
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