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ArticleMetabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society2026

Automated, targeted, NMR spectral profiling of human breast milk.

Brian L Lee, Alanne Tenório Nunes, Prashanthi Kovur, Morteza Gholami, Amirhossein Firouzi, Rupasri Mandal, David S Wishart

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Brian L LeeDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, CW-405, Biological Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9, Canada.
Alanne Tenório NunesDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, 13635-900, Brazil.
Prashanthi KovurDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, CW-405, Biological Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9, Canada.
Morteza GholamiDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, CW-405, Biological Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9, Canada.
Amirhossein FirouziDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, CW-405, Biological Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9, Canada.
Rupasri MandalDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, CW-405, Biological Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9, Canada.
David S WishartDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, CW-405, Biological Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9, Canada. dwishart@ualberta.ca.

Funding

NP-MRD: Natural Products Magnetic Resonance DatabaseU24AT010811 · NCCIH · BATTELLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LABORATORIES · PI CORT, JOHN R · 2020 to 2024
$4.1M
Alberta Innovates Agri-Food and Bioindustrial Innovation Program ABIP- 222301549Canada Foundation for Innovation CFI MSIF 42495Canada Research Chairs Program CRC Tier 1 #100628Genome Canada GC MC5-TDNCCIH NIH HHS U24 AT010811
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Abstract

introductionHuman breast milk is the optimal source of nutrition for newborns and contains hundreds of bioactive compounds that influence infant health and development. Characterizing its composition at scale is important for understanding how maternal diet, health status, and other factors affect milk quality. However, manual NMR profiling methods are too slow for large cohort studies. MagMet is a program designed for the rapid, automated processing and profiling of 1D

methodsA library consisting of 72 metabolites was created based on the literature and comparison with experimental NMR spectra, that are known to be abundant or consistently detectable in breast milk. NMR spectra of ultrafiltered breast milk was then used to optimize and validate the performance of MagMet-HM in the automated NMR analysis of human breast milk.

resultsPerformance was benchmarked against manual profiling using Chenomx (version 8.3), with median and mean absolute percent errors of approximately 5.1% and 9.1%, respectively. MagMet-HM completes profiling in 10 min (on a single CPU) which is 3-6 times faster than manual methods.

conclusionsMagMet-HM offers a convenient, fast, and accurate method for the high-throughput metabolomic profiling of human breast milk. MagMet-HM is available at https://www.magmet.ca .

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MetabolomicsMilk, HumanAutomationFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyAutomated spectral profilingHuman breast milkHuman milk oligosaccharidesMetabolomicsMilk metabolomeNMR spectroscopy

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PMID42213254
PMCPMC13221347

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