Measurement of the dynamic multiparametric metabolic response of a living system to pathophysiological stimuli or genetic modification.
Note: This term is sometime misapplied to refer to the whole of "
metabolomics".
Source:
PAC, 2018, 90, 1121. 'Terminology of bioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2018)' on page 1168 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2016-1120)