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Table 3 List of 46 metabolites in combined analysis of targeted MS/MS and GC-MS spectra of colorectal cancer vs. healthy controls. VIP and multivariate correlation coefficients are provided (PC: Phosphatidylcholine, Lyso-PC: lysophosphatidylcholine, ae: acyl-alkyl, aa: diacyl, SM: sphingomyelin)

From: A quantitative multimodal metabolomic assay for colorectal cancer

Metabolite

VIP

Centered and scaled coefficient

Serine

0.65

1.81

Methionine

0.63

1.54

Phosphatidylcholine acly-alkyl C40:3

0.90

1.43

Phosphatidylcholine acly-alkyl C38:1

0.88

1.27

Phosphatidylcholine acly-alkyl C44:3

0.80

1.08

Propenoylcarnitine

0.68

1.04

Phosphatidylcholine acly-alkyl C40:5

0.74

0.84

Phosphatidylcholine diacyl C24:0

0.76

0.83

lysoPhosphatidylcholine acyl C28:0

0.71

0.71

Hydroxyhexadecenoyl-L-carnitine

0.59

0.66

Hexadecanoylcarnitine

0.63

0.63

Octadecadienylcarnitine

0.67

0.60

Phosphatidylcholine acly-alkyl C40:4

0.83

0.57

Phosphatidylcholine diacyl C40:3

0.80

0.50

Phosphatidylcholine diacyl C40:2

0.83

0.47

Phosphatidylcholine acly-alkyl C38:3

0.82

0.47

lysoPhosphatidylcholine acyl C26:1

0.75

0.36

Phosphatidylcholine diacyl C42:5

0.63

0.33

Phosphatidylcholine acly-alkyl C42:1

0.78

0.30

Phosphatidylcholine diacyl C26:0

0.59

0.26

Phosphatidylcholine diacyl C42:4

0.84

0.21

Phosphatidylcholine acly-alkyl C38:6

0.64

0.15

Phosphatidylcholine acly-alkyl C38:2

0.79

0.15

Ethylene glycol, di-TMS

4.85

0.08

lysoPhosphatidylcholine acyl C6:0

0.64

0.06

Propionylcarnitine

0.61

−0.01

lysoPhosphatidylcholine acyl C26:0

0.68

−0.03

Phosphatidylcholine acly-alkyl C40:2

0.71

−0.05

Octadecenoylcarnitine

0.74

−0.06

Phosphatidylcholine acly-alkyl C42:2

0.66

−0.12

Phosphatidylcholine diacyl C40:1

0.69

−0.30

lysoPhosphatidylcholine acyl C24:0

0.73

−0.34

Phosphatidylcholine acly-alkyl C40:1

0.61

−0.46

Phosphatidylcholine acly-alkyl C42:5

0.60

−0.49

Phosphatidylcholine acly-alkyl C36:5

0.64

−0.56

Hydroxypropionylcarnitine

0.66

−0.62

Phosphatidylcholine acly-alkyl C42:4

0.67

−0.63

Valine

0.61

−0.64

Sphingomyeline C22:3

0.60

−0.80

Phosphatidylcholine diacyl C42:2

0.72

−0.89

Phosphatidylcholine acly-alkyl C36:1

0.67

−0.92

Glutamine

0.75

−0.96

Phosphatidylcholine acly-alkyl C42:3

0.63

−0.97

Tryptophan

0.63

−1.00

Phosphatidylcholine acyl-alkyl C 30:2

0.71

−1.12

Hexadecenoyl-L-carnitine

0.68

−1.71