Modeling and Classification of Kinetic Patterns of Dynamic Metabolic Biomarkers in Physical Activity
Fig 2
Kinetic signatures of acylcarnitines.
Kinetic signatures of the 11 selected acylcarnitines are depicted. Dynamic curves were characterized by polynomial fitting of 9th degree to the median concentration values of the analyzed metabolites. For visualization, relative changes (in %) of metabolite concentrations in reference to their initial concentration at rest are displayed. An early response pattern is shown for valerylcarnitine (C5) with a decrease in relative concentration of approx. 16%. Late response profiles include acetylcarnitine (C2), propionylcarnitine (C3) and butyrylcarnitine (C4).