Metabolomics is based on the premise that ____

a. plant mitochondria are unique to harnessing ATP to develop alternative energy sources
b. plant chloroplasts are unique to harnessing light for energy
c. harnessing the 200,000 to 1 million different chemicals produced by plant metabolism for human needs is
increasingly important
d. plant metabolism is difficult to manipulate
e. plant metabolism is simple to manipulate


ANSWER: c

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