Impact of Intestinal Microbiota on Intestinal Luminal Metabolome

Low–molecular-weight metabolites produced by intestinal microbiota play a direct role in health and disease. Analyzing the colonic luminal metabolome using capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry with time-of-flight (CE-TOFMS) —has becime a novel technique for analyzing and differentially displaying metabolic profiles— in order to clarify the metabolite profiles in the intestinal lumen.