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Table 3 The pathways of the differential metabolites enriched

From: Untargeted metabolomic approach to study the serum metabolites in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Pathway name

Match status

p value

− log (p)

Impact

Glycerophospholipid metabolism

4/36

0.00555

5.1945

0.26445

Sphingolipid metabolism

3/21

0.00826

4.7961

0.06896

Arginine biosynthesis

2/14

0.03220

3.4358

0.11675

Histidine metabolism

2/16

0.04139

3.1848

0.00000

Ether lipid metabolism

2/20

0.06227

2.7763

0.14458

Aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis

3/48

0.07376

2.6069

0.00000

Phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan biosynthesis

1/4

0.08013

2.5241

0.50000

Linoleic acid metabolism

1/5

0.09917

2.3109

0.00000

Alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism

2/28

0.11195

2.1897

0.42068

Nitrogen metabolism

1/6

0.11783

2.1385

0.00000

d-Glutamine and d-glutamate metabolism

1/6

0.11783

2.1385

0.50000

Purine metabolism

3/65

0.14751

1.9139

0.03102

Ascorbate and aldarate metabolism

1/8

0.15403

1.8706

0.00000

Taurine and hypotaurine metabolism

1/8

0.15403

1.8706

0.42857

Phenylalanine metabolism

1/10

0.18879

1.6671

0.35714

Alpha-Linolenic acid metabolism

1/13

0.23835

1.4340

0.00000

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchor biosynthesis

1/14

0.25420

1.3696

0.00399

Butanoate metabolism

1/15

0.26974

1.3103

0.00000

Nicotinate and nicotinamide metabolism

1/15

0.26974

1.3103

0.00000

Glycerolipid metabolism

1/16

0.28496

1.2554

0.01402

Pantothenate and CoA biosynthesis

1/19

0.32881

1.1123

0.00000

Beta-Alanine metabolism

1/21

0.35659

1.0312

0.00000

Pyruvate metabolism

1/22

0.37005

0.9941

0.08398

Glutathione metabolism

1/28

0.44529

0.8090

0.01966

Porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism

1/30

0.46838

0.7585

0.00000

Glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism

1/32

0.49054

0.7123

0.00000

Cysteine and methionine metabolism

1/33

0.50128

0.6906

0.00000

Arachidonic acid metabolism

1/36

0.53220

0.6307

0.00000

Arginine and proline metabolism

1/38

0.55177

0.5946

0.08600

Fatty acid degradation

1/39

0.56126

0.5776

0.00000

Steroid biosynthesis

1/42

0.58856

0.5301

0.00000

Primary bile acid biosynthesis

1/46

0.62242

0.4741

0.00758