Hello everyone,
While performing pathway analysis using compound names, I encountered difficulties with certain metabolites not being recognized by the tool. Upon manual inspection in the Human Metabolome Database (HMDB), I was able to locate their corresponding HMDB IDs. Using these IDs, I successfully completed the pathway mapping process. What could be the reason for being unable to recognize some metabolites by their names?
Good question, we will look into this issue. In general, unless exact match, fuzzy match does not work well for compound names containing special characters typical for chemicals, especially lipids