metabolome

plural metabolomes

1. biochemistryThe complete set of metabolites found in a biological sample; especially that found in a person's body under normal conditions, and when suffering from a disease.

   In this study, we propose a means of studying metabolism, using the concept of the “metabolome”, or total complement of metabolites in a cell, to look at global shifts in cellular function under different growth conditions.

   1998 October 28, Helen Tweeddale, “Effect of Slow Growth on Metabolism of Escherichia coli, as Revealed by Global Metabolite Pool (“Metabolome”) Analysis”, in Journal of Bacteriology, volume 180, number 19, page 5109