File format:

The file format for user calculated mean and standard deviation is a ASCII text file with tab delimited columns. The column headers are:

Column HeaderWhat to store in each columnColumn - Required or Optional
Namethe names of entityRequired
MeanThe mean of the entity at the same sampling pointoptional
MedianThe median of the entity at the same sampling pointoptional
STDEVThe standard diviation of all samples at the same sampling point.optional
Number_of_DataThe number of samples at the sampling pointoptional

Not all columns have to present in the file. At least one value column has to be non_empty. If a value is missing then just leave the space empty. You can save the data file from a spreadsheet such as Excel as a text file with tab delimter. The names in the file must be the same as the ones in the processed data files. No new names should be introduced in these files. A sampling file is as following:

For metabolites:
NameMeanSTDEVNumber_of_Data
glycerol0.2730880.01540643
palmitate0.2519640.02827333
Docosanoic acid0.001819270.0002969753
Docosanol1 3
JS-G1-L1-0012141-01870001.67093e-051.00239e-052
JS-G1-L1-0012238-01740001.32383e-055.53324e-063

For Spoted microarray:
NameMeanMedianSTDEVNumber_of_Data
TC437720.7984520.6750420.1587123
TC437911.416970.9324580.4235963
TC437960.7385590.738559 1
TC438010.9772980.7412750.3659873
TC438201.252541.238640.02699863
TC438240.8720710.8720710.09682012
TC438280.9954721.248530.603523
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File name:

Please name your files using only the following characters “a–z”, “A–Z”, “0–9” and “_”. Connect parts of the name with underscores.