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Review
. 2024 May 1;15(1):58.
doi: 10.1186/s40104-024-01017-4.

The application of omics technologies for understanding tropical plants-based bioactive compounds in ruminants: a review

Metha Wanapat  1 , Gamonmas Dagaew  1 , Sukruthai Sommai  1 , Maharach Matra  1 , Chaichana Suriyapha  1 , Rittikeard Prachumchai  2 , Uswatun Muslykhah  1 , Srisan Phupaboon  3
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The application of omics technologies for understanding tropical plants-based bioactive compounds in ruminants: a review

Metha Wanapat et al. J Anim Sci Biotechnol. .

Abstract

Finding out how diet impacts health and metabolism while concentrating on the functional qualities and bioactive components of food is the crucial scientific objective of nutritional research. The complex relationship between metabolism and nutrition could be investigated with cutting-edge "omics" and bioinformatics techniques. This review paper provides an overview of the use of omics technologies in nutritional research, with a particular emphasis on the new applications of transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and genomes in functional and biological activity research on ruminant livestock and products in the tropical regions. A wealth of knowledge has been uncovered regarding the regulation and use of numerous physiological and pathological processes by gene, mRNA, protein, and metabolite expressions under various physiological situations and guidelines. In particular, the components of meat and milk were assessed using omics research utilizing the various methods of transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and genomes. The goal of this review is to use omics technologies-which have been steadily gaining popularity as technological tools-to develop new nutritional, genetic, and leadership strategies to improve animal products and their quality control. We also present an overview of the new applications of omics technologies in cattle production and employ nutriomics and foodomics technologies to investigate the microbes in the rumen ecology. Thus, the application of state-of-the-art omics technology may aid in our understanding of how species and/or breeds adapt, and the sustainability of tropical animal production, in the long run, is becoming increasingly important as a means of mitigating the consequences of climate change.

Keywords: Animal nutrition; Animal production; Cutting-edge; Molecular markers; Ruminants.

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Mode of action of bioactive compounds in ruminants modified from Wanapat [22]
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Relationship between nutromics and foodomics technologies in nutrition research
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