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Table 1 Comparison of Haystack and XCMS Online features.

From: Haystack, a web-based tool for metabolomics research

Data Visualization

Haystack

XCMS Online

1. Total ion chromatogram (TIC)

Yes

Yes

2. Base peak chromatogram (BPC)

Yes

No

3. User-defined extracted ion chromatograms (EIC)

Yes

No

4. User-defined mass spectra

Yes

No

5. Provide .csv file for all data display outputs

Yes

No

Data Processing

  

1. User-defined bin analysis of single files or groups

Yes

No

2. Multiple group comparisons

Yes

Yes

3. Retention time correction and peak alignment

No

Yes

4. Significant features based on fold-change

No

Yes

5. Box plots, mass spectra, and EICs of significant features

No

Yes

6. Graphical display of PCA results

Yes

Yes

7. Volcano plot analysis for 2 group comparison

Yes

No

8. Provide .csv file for all data processing outputs

Yes

No