The emerging field of
metabolomics had profound importance in recent years as its wide applications in the field of
drug discovery and
drug development. With recent advances in the field of
metabolomics it can be proved as a major tool in the process of
drug discovery and development. In the agricultural/
chemical industry,
metabolomics may be used to develop
herbicides and
pesticides With increasing importance being placed on
health and
safety related aspects of our
food,
metabolomics can potentially be a valuable tool to monitor and improve the quality of what we eat; for example, in
food processing and
quality control, or in
plant breeding for improved crop varieties and in the development of novel foodstuffs. The present
review reveals the importance of
metabolomics in
drug discovery along with recent advances in the
techniques of
metabolomics along with its wide applications in various fields like
drug discovery,
drug toxicity profiling,
food industries especially in
food and allied
beverages testing.