Metabolites were analyzed on an Agilent 7890/5975C gas chromatography–mass spectrometry system (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA) using selected ion monitoring methods described in a previous report.9 (link) Peaks were integrated in MSD ChemStation (Agilent Technologies), and correction for natural isotope abundance was performed using IsoCor software.10 (link) Corrected metabolite signals were converted to molar amounts by comparing metabolite peak abundances in samples with those in a “standard mix” containing known quantities of metabolites run along each individual experiment. These known metabolite concentrations were used to generate a standard curve that allowed for metabolite quantification.