Spectroscopy

Quantum mechanics

Biotechnology

Biology

Nuclear magnetic resonance

Metabolism

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Biochemistry

Computational biology

Radiology

In vivo

Physics

Intermediary Metabolism

Medicine

Chemistry

Magnetic resonance imaging

Clinica Chimica Acta

C-13 magnetic resonance spectroscopy is becoming an important tool for the investigation of metabolic processes either in vitro or in vivo. In this review we discuss some methodological aspects of C-13 magnetic resonance spectroscopy and recent applications of this technique to the study of beta-oxidation of fatty acids in the liver and intermediary metabolism in the brain. Finally, two promising applications in the field of clinical investigation are discussed.

Carbon-13 magnetic resonance in biology and medicine