Omics techniques

Foodomics involves the use of multiple tools to deal with its different applications. Thus, the use of omics tools (as e.g., transcriptomics, proteomics, or metabolomics) is a must in this new discipline. Although a detailed description on these tools is out of the scope of this chapter, some fundamental concepts on different omics techniques are provided below. 

A fundamental problem is the lack of experimental data. In this direction, the above-mentioned new omics techniques can provide useful resources. 

Many existing chemicals have not been thoroughly evaluated for potential developmental/adult neurotoxicity. Currently there is a need for cost-effective predictive tools and testing methods to generate human safety information to make regulatory decisions. The application of innovative methods such as high content OMICS techniques (transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics) (described in Chap. 18) in combination with stable human in vitro... 

Unlike other omics techniques, it is clear that metabonomics is very much an emerging field and new lessons on how to conduct a proper metabonomics study are learned each day. A very positive development is that in an effort to standardize the reporting standards for metabonomics studies, a first draft of a minimum requirement for the description of the biological materials and/or processes examined in a metabolomic study involving mammalian subjects was published in 2007 [89],... 

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