Using MetaboAnalyst

The web interfaces of MetaboAnalyst are designed to be self-explanatory. Most steps are documented on the top of the corresponding pages. In cases of limited space, mouse-over balloon helps are available. The following tutorials are meant to complement the aforementioned information by providing step-by-step instructions for several of the most common tasks.

Please note, due to the rapid evolution and frequent updates of MetaboAnalyst, many screenshot illustrations are outdated. Therefore, we ask that users do not take those steps verbatim. Instead, users should focus on the the analysis concepts and the workflow for metabolomics data analysis using this tool.

Version		Title	Note	Time Stamp
Version 5.0		Overview of MetaboAnalyst 5.0	A brief introduction of history, design concepts and key features	2022-07-12
		Raw MS spectral Processing	A detailed tutorial for raw spectral analysis	2022-07-12
		Functional Analysis	A detailed tutorial to guide functional analysis on MS peaks	2022-07-12
		Meta Functional Analysis	A detailed tutorial to guide meta-analysis on MS peaks	2022-07-12
		Joint Pathway Analysis	A brief tutorial to introduce joint pathway analysis	2022-07-12
		Enrichment Analysis	A detailed tutorial to do enrichment analysis	2022-07-12
		Network Exploration	A tutorial to guide network analysis	2022-07-12
		Statistical Analysis[metadata]	A tutorial for statistical analysis with metadata	2022-07-12
		Video Demo Series	A video demo tutorial series	2022-07-12
Version 4.0		Current Protocols In Bioinformatics (v2019)	A comprehensive step-by-step tutorial (128 pages & 137 figures)	2019-09-20
		Overview of new features in version 4	A detailed screenshot overview of the three new modules introduced	2018-02-14
		Biomarker Meta-Analysis Tutorial	--	2018-02-14
		MS Peaks to Pathways Tutorial	--	2018-02-14
		Network Explorer Tutorial I	Step-by-step tutorial to perform knowledge-driven network analysis	2018-02-14
		Network Explorer Tutorial II	Step-by-step tutorial to perform data-driven network analysis	2020-11-19
Version 3.0		Current Protocols In Bioinformatics (v2016)	A comprehensive step-by-step tutorial (91 pages & 88 figures)	2016-09-07
		Raw Spectra Processing using R and XCMS	Step-by-step tutorial to processing LC-MS spectra for MetaboAnalyst	2014
Version 2.0		Current Protocols In Bioinformatics (v2011)	A comprehensive step-by-step tutorial (48 pages & 51 figures)	2011
		Metabolomics data analysis IV	Presentation on Metabolomics Conference 2012	2012
		Nature Protocols on MetaboAnalyst	Detailed explanations of major functions of MetaboAnalyst	2011
		Metabolomics data analysis III	Presentation on Metabolomics Conference 2011	2011
Version 1.0		Metabolomics data analysis II	Presentation on Metabolomics Conference 2010	2010
		Metabolomics data analysis I	Presentation on Metabolomics Conference 2009	2009
		Identification of significant features	--	2009
		Two-group classification	--	2009
		MS spectra processing and annotation	--	2009
		Paired (two time-points) analysis	--	2009