Research Article

Assessment of the Central Effects of Natural Uranium via Behavioural Performances and the Cerebrospinal Fluid Metabolome

Table 2

Putative identification of the variables most responsible for the discrimination between the male and female rats, control, and those exposed to NU at 40 mg⋅L−1 from birth for 9 months.

LC-MS IDPutative identificationProposed adductAdduct chemical formulaDatabase IDFunction

M307T229N2-succinyl-L-arginine [M + H + CH3OH]1+C11H23N4O6C03296 Arginine and proline metabolism

M128T53N4-acetylaminobutanoate [M + H − H2O]1+C6H10NO2C02946 Arginine and proline metabolism

M194T229N-methylsalsolinol [M + H]1+C11H16NO2HMDB03892Endogenous amine found in brain and CSF

M89T61Butyric acid[M + H]1+C4H9O2C00246Butanoate metabolism, protein digestion, and absorption

NU: natural uranium.