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NMR Assay File Default Structure v1.0

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Header Column Structure Constraints
Description
Examples
Sample Name single column Required
MinLength: 1

Controls
A unique identifier from a particular source (a batch of samples can have a unique Sample name as identified in the Sample table). It’s usually associated with an output spectral data filename. pas101220_104
Protocol REF single column Required
Default: Extraction
This is the column marking the start of data pertaining to Extraction protocol. The 'Extraction' term MUST be present in all rows of this column. Extraction
Parameter Value[Extraction Method] single column This how a sample was extracted from its source material. Methanol
Extract Name single column Leave blank if you don’t have one.
Protocol REF single column Required
Default: NMR sample
This is the column marking the start of data pertaining to NMR sample protocol. The 'NMR sample' term MUST be present in all rows of this column. NMR sample
Parameter Value[NMR tube type] ontology column Required
MinLength: 1
Size and type of tube. standard 5 mm glass NMR tube (Wilmad, LabGlass, USA)
Parameter Value[Solvent] ontology column Required
MinLength: 1
Solvent used in the NMR sample. D2O
Parameter Value[Sample pH] single column Required
MinLength: 1
Sample pH value. 7
Parameter Value[Temperature] single column and unit ontology Required
MinLength: 1
Sample Temperature value. Define the unit of the temperature value on the next column. 298 Celsius
Labeled Extract Name single column Leave blank if you don’t have one.
Label ontology column If you used a chemical or biochemical marker in the sample such as a radioactive isotope of fluorescent dye which is bound to a material in order to make it detectable in an analytical instrument then enter it here. hydrogen molecular entity
Protocol REF single column Required
Default: NMR spectroscopy
This is the column marking the start of data pertaining to NMR spectroscopy protocol. The 'NMR spectroscopy' term MUST be present in all rows of this column. NMR spectroscopy
Parameter Value[Instrument] ontology column Required
MinLength: 1
Add the full name of the instrument you used for the NMR study in this assay, including the model number and its operating frequency. Varian Unity Inova 500 MHz spectrometer
Parameter Value[NMR Probe] ontology column Required
MinLength: 1
Add a full description including the name and type of probe used.This information can be found in the ‘Acquisition Parameter Data File’, ‘acqus.txt’ found within the Bruker raw data file structure, in the field marked ‘ $PROBHD= ’. 5 mm CPTCI 1H-13C/15N/D Z-GRD
Parameter Value[Number of transients] single column Required
MinLength: 1
The number of scans acquired. This information can be found in the ‘Acquisition Parameter Data File’, ‘acqus.txt’ found within the Bruker raw data file structure, in the field marked ‘$NS=’. 128
Parameter Value[Pulse sequence name] single column Required
MinLength: 1
The pulse sequence program used with a short description.This information can be found in the ‘Acquisition Parameter Data File’, ‘acqus.txt’ found within the Bruker raw data file structure, in the field marked ‘ $PULPROG= ’ and in the file ‘pulseprogram.txt’. 1D 1H with presaturation (presat)
Parameter Value[Magnetic field strength] single column and unit ontology Required
MinLength: 1
Unit will be defined in the next column. 11.7 numeric value with tesla unit
Acquisition Parameter Data File single column These should contain the acquisition parameter data. In the Bruker raw data file structure, the file is called ‘acqus.txt’. 17_QC1.zip
acqus1.txt
Protocol REF single column Required
Default: NMR assay
This is the column marking the start of data pertaining to NMR assay protocol. The 'NMR sample' term MUST be present in all rows of this column. NMR assay
NMR Assay Name single column Controls This can be, but doesn’t have to be, the same as the ‘Sample Name’. 17_QC1
Free Induction Decay Data File single column This is where you should enter, either the folder or the zipped NMR raw files for each sample in this study. 17_QC1.zip
Protocol REF single column Default: Data transformation This is the column marking the start of data pertaining to Data transformation protocol. The 'Data transformation' term MUST be present in all rows of this column. Data transformation
Normalization Name single column These should contain the normalization data files. Total sum
Derived Spectral Data File single column If your data has been transformed into one of the open-source raw data formats e.g. JCAMP , nmrML , then add them here.Please add full path of the file in the cell. 17_QC1.nmrML
FILES/DERIVED_FILES/NMR/17_QC1.nmrML
Protocol REF single column Required
Default: Metabolite identification
This is the column marking the start of data pertaining to Metabolite identification protocol. The 'Metabolite identification' term MUST be present in all rows of this column. Metabolite identification
Data Transformation Name single column These should contain the data transformation files.
Metabolite Assignment File single column Required
MinLength: 1
A TSV file containing information about the metabolites investigated in the study. Information regarding database accession IDs , where in the spectra the metabolite is found and data pertaining to its abundance within the study samples should be in this file. m_MTBLS1_NMR_spectroscopy_v2_maf.tsv