Table of Contents

Introduction to Metabolomics in systems biology research.- Metabolomics in clinical practice.-Adopting multivariate non-parametric tools to determine genotype-phenotype interactions in health and disease.- Metabolomics in Translational Research for Personalized Medicine and Nutrition.- Can we use Metabolomics to Understand Changes to Gut Microbiota Populations and Function? A Nutritional Perspective.- Automated annotation of microbial and human flavonoid derived metabolites.- Metabonomics in neonatal and paediatric research: Studying and modulating gut functional ecology for optimal growth and development.- Metabolomics and Milk: the Development of the Microbiota in Breast Fed Infants.- Metabonomics and gut microbial paradigm in healthy ageing.- Roles of herbal medicine in modulating gut microbiota associated with health and diseases.- Gut microbiota and metabolic diseases: from pathogenesis to therapeutic perspective.- Role of microbiota in regulating host lipid metabolism and disease risk.- Role of the Gut Microbiota in Maintaining GI Health: Highlights on Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- Deciphering the gut microbial contribution to the aetiology of autism development.- The Modulation of Drug Efficacy and Toxicity by the Gut Microbiome.- Understanding the benefits of bariatric surgery on gut physiology: implications for obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease