Salivary Metabolomics Fingerprint of Chronic Apical Abscess with Sinus Tract: A Pilot Study

Table 3

Most important pathways based on the metabolic fingerprint.

Pathways mainly affected in CAA patients
Pathway name	value	False discovery rate (FDR)	Metabolites belonging to the pathway
Purine nucleotide cycle	0,004	0,125	Hypoxanthine, urea, uric acid, glycine, inositol, urea, 1,2-propanediol
Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism	0,009	0,125	Glucose, pyruvic acid, N-acetylneuraminic acid
Pentose phosphate pathway	0,009	0,125	Glucose, pyruvic acid, phosphate, ethanolamine
Glycolysis and gluconeogenesis pathways	0,022	0,242	Lactic acid, pyruvic acid, glucose, citric acid, succinic acid