Fig. 4

Queries in BinDiscover give novel biological insights. a Comparing the metabolome of a specific organ across two different species, here: apple vs. fig fruits, yields many differences. b Comparing that specific organ (apple fruit) against the same organ of all species constrains overall differences to a few metabolites. c One differential apple metabolite, tagatose, was then queried and found to be the most abundant in apple fruits compared to all other species/organ combinations across the metabolome database. d Chemical information for tagatose is then given as mass spectrum, quantification mass, international chemical identifier, retention index and chemical class ontology