No. Metabolites Chemical shifts Assignments Model vs. control Astragaloside IV vs. model VIP value valuelog2(FC) VIP value valuelog2(FC) 1 Isoleucine 0.94 (t), 1.02 (d), 1.26 (m), 1.47 (m), 1.98 (m), 3.67 (d) δ -CH3 , γ - CH3 , γ -CH2 , β -CH, α -CH1.2539 0.002 -0.9454 — — — 2 Leucine 0.95 (d), 0.96 (d), 1.71 (m), 3.74 (m) δ , δ - CH3 , β -CH2 , γ -CH, α -CH1.0915 0.009 -1.1450 — — — 3 Valine 1.00 (d), 1.05 (d), 2.27 (m), 3.61 (d) γ - CH3 , γ -CH3 , β -CH, α -CH1.2352 0.002 -1.1168 — — — 4 3-HB 1.22 (d), 2.31 (dd), 2.40 (dd), 4.15 (q) CH3 , CH2 , CH 1.1132 0.007 -1.4905 — — — 5 Lactate 1.33 (d), 4.11 (q) CH3 , CH 1.3363 0.001 -1.9110 1.2059 0.047 1.0468 6 2-PP 1.43 (d), 3.64 (q) CH3 , CH 1.4707 0.001 -1.4671 1.2249 0.043 0.7255 7 Alanine 1.48 (d), 3.81 (m) β -CH3 , α -CH1.0395 0.014 -0.9862 — — — 8 Acetate 1.92 (s) CH3 — — — — — — 9 Lysine 1.73 (m), 1.46 (m), 1.90 (m), 3.75 (m) δ -CH2 , γ -CH2 , β -CH2 , α -CH1.1616 0.004 -0.9695 1.2591 0.036 0.4663 10 Glutamate 2.07 (m), 2.14 (m), 2.36 (m), 3.77 (m) β -CH2 , γ -CH2 , α -CH1.3332 0.001 -1.2331 1.2872 0.032 0.7509 11 Glutamine 2.15 (m), 2.46 (m), 3.80 (m) β -CH2 , γ -CH2 , α -CH1.3252 0.001 -1.5938 1.2292 0.042 0.9606 12 Succinate 2.42 (s) CH2 1.317 0.001 -2.6171 1.4103 0.016 1.0785 13 Glutathione 2.56 (m), 2.15 (m), 3.76 (m) γ -CH2 , β -CH2 , α -CH1.2633 0.001 -1.2502 1.2127 0.046 0.6937 14 Aspartate 2.68 (dd), 2.81 (dd), 3.90 (m) β -CH2 , α -CH1.4143 0.001 -2.8847 1.4946 0.009 1.5418 15 Asparagine 2.90 (dd), 4.00 (m) β -CH2 , α -CH1.2156 0.002 -1.5568 — — — 16 TMA 2.92 (s) CH3 — — — — — — 17 Creatine 3.04 (s), 3.93 (s) CH3 , CH2 1.0443 0.013 -1.3208 1.3512 0.022 0.4632 18 Choline 3.21 (s) -N(CH3 )3 1.2029 0.003 -1.0859 — — — 19 GPC 3.22 (s) -N(CH3 )3 1.0832 0.009 -1.1119 — — — 20 Carnitine 3.23 (s) -N(CH3 )3 1.0921 0.009 -1.2129 1.3242 0.026 0.5116 21 Taurine 3.26 (t), 3.43 (t) N-CH2 , S-CH2 1.2997 0.001 -1.4200 1.3163 0.027 1.0468 22 Methanol 3.36 (s) CH3 — — — — — 23 Glycerol 3.56 (dd), 3.65 (dd), 3.79 (m) CH2 , CH 1.1959 0.003 -1.3804 1.7648 0.001 0.8321 24 Glycine 3.56 (s) −CH2 −NH2 1.2479 0.002 -1.0945 — — — 25 Inosine 3.84 (dd), 3.91 (dd), 4.28 (m), 4.44 (dd), 6.11 (d), 8.23 (s), 8.35 (s) 17-CH2 , 5-CH, 4-CH, 2-CH, 12-CH, 7-CH 1.2668 0.001 -1.8160 1.3022 0.029 0.7268 26 Serine 3.96 (m); 3.84 (m) β -CH2 , α -CH1.1686 0.004 -1.2163 1.4665 0.011 0.6898 27 Threonate 4.01 (d), 3.97 (m), 3.63 (dd) 2-CH, 3-CH, 4-CH2 1.3418 0.001 -1.3562 1.5293 0.007 0.9188 28 Threonine 1.32 (d), 4.22 (m), 3.58 (m) γ -CH3 , β -CH, α -CH1.4887 0.001 -1.7117 1.5064 0.008 0.9664 29 Glucose 5.24 (d), 4.65 (d) (α ) 1-CH, (β ) 1-CH 1.332 0.001 -1.4715 1.4316 0.014 1.0181 30 Mannose 5.19 (d), 4.89 (d) (α ) 1-CH, (β ) 1-CH 1.2556 0.002 -2.3335 1.2752 0.034 1.2687 31 Sucrose 5.40 (d) (Glucose) 1-CH 1.1204 0.007 -3.4659 — — — 32 Cytidine 6.05 (d), 7.83 (d) 5-CH, 6-CH 1.2756 0.001 -1.5560 1.4658 0.011 1.9998 33 Uracil 5.80 (d), 7.53 (d) 5-CH, 6-CH — — — — — — 34 Guanosine 5.90 (d), 8.00 (s) 2-CH, 11-CH 1.1306 0.006 -3.1140 1.3569 0.022 1.5474 35 Fumarate 6.52 (s) CH — — — — — — 36 Tyrosine 6.89 (m), 7.19 (m) 2-CH, 6-CH, 3-CH, 5-CH 1.1655 0.004 -0.9610 — — — 37 Histidine 7.11 (s), 7.89 (s) 5-CH, 2-CH — — — — — — 38 Phenylalanine 7.33 (m), 7.38 (m), 7.42 (m) 2-CH, 6-CH, 4-CH, 3-CH, 5-CH 1.2019 0.003 -0.7999 — — — 39 Nicotinurate 7.60 (m), 8.24 (m), 8.72 (m), 8.94 (m) 5-CH, 4-CH, 6-CH, 2-CH 1.3414 0.001 -1.1851 — — — 40 Uridine 5.89 (d), 7.87 (d) 5-CH, 6-CH 1.4161 0.001 -2.1078 1.6107 0.004 1.2031 41 Xanthine 7.96 (s) 2-CH — — — — — — 42 Oxypurinol 8.19 (s) 9-CH — — — — — — 43 AMP 6.13 (d), 8.22 (s), 8.58 (s) 2-CH, 12-CH, 7-CH — — — — — — 44 ADP 6.13 (d), 8.26 (s), 8.52 (s) 2-CH, 12-CH, 7-CH — — — — — — 45 ATP 6.13 (d), 8.26 (s), 8.51 (s) 2-CH, 12-CH, 7-CH — — — — — — 46 Formate 8.46 (s) CHO — — — — — —