Sorbitol
metaboliteA polyol reflecting myocardial metabolic perturbation and osmotic stress, used in prognostic stratification of acute coronary syndrome risk.
Pathway placement
Cascade stepMyocardial injury (shared endpoint)
Confidencelow
RationalePolyol metabolite associated with ACS risk and myocardial infarction prognostication.
Druggability
Not assessed (no mapped human gene target).
Type I vs Type II discrimination
ScoresLow-confidence (proxy)
R — rupture / Type-I49
C — confounder / Type-II86
A — assay feasibility42
E — evidence strength32
T1DI (composite)4
Specificity differential (R−C)-36.5
Confounder panel (Type-II drivers)
No confounder evidence retrieved.
Tier: light (literature co-occurrence proxy — lower confidence). See the discrimination table for all markers.
Assay & specimen
Class-level default (no specific cleared assay)— generic method inferred from analyte class; confirm against a specific product insert before use.
Specimen
Serum, plasma or urine
Collection tube
Serum separator (gold/red-top, SST) · Lithium heparin (green-top) · Sterile urine container
Method / principle
LC-MS/MS (targeted metabolomics) or enzymatic colorimetric where available
Reagent / substrate
Stable-isotope-labeled internal standard (MS); or enzyme-coupled Trinder reagent
Platform
LC-MS/MS; some automated chemistry
Turnaround · availability
Send-out / research · Specialized / research
Literature evidence(2)
- GC-MS validation and analysis of targeted plasma metabolites related to carbonyl stress in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with and without acute coronary syndrome.Biomedical chromatography : BMC · 2024 · PMID 38966927 · doi
- Predictive metabolites for incident myocardial infarction: a two-step meta-analysis of individual patient data from six cohorts comprising 7897 individuals from the COnsortium of METabolomics Studies.Cardiovascular research · 2023 · PMID 37706562 · doi