[eng] There is a growing interest in nutrition epidemiology to identify a biological marker related
with the intake of nutrients or foods associated with prevention of diseases. The large
amount of data derivated from the analytical techniques is the main bottleneck of the
compound characterization.
The aim of this work is to overview the useful databases to identify compounds in
nutrimetabolomic studies. For that proposal, it has been realized a web exploration of
databases related to human nutrition and metabolomics. Up to 50 databases were selected
and filtered until the more suitable according to the identification data they provide and they
relation with human nutrition.
The described databases were: The Human Metabolome Database, Metabolights, Phytohub,
the Food Metabolome Database and Food Compound Exchange. After the review, it is
highlighted the necessity of a centralized repository that compiles all the data information
facilities that each database provides. Meanwhile, The Human Metabolome Database and
the Food Metabolome Database are notably the most complete and as well as the best
communicated with other useful libraries, but according with your searching needs,
Metabolights, Phytohub or Food Compound Exchange could be of utility too.