An Algorithm for the Automated Quantitation of Metabolites in in Vitro NMR Signals Greg Reynolds 1†* , Martin Wilson 2† , Andrew Peet 2 and Theodoros N. Arvanitis 1 7th August 2006 1 Department of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK 2 Academic Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Birmingham, UK † Contributed equally to this work as first authors. * Correspondence to: Greg Reynolds, Department of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. Email to: gmr001@bham.ac.uk Word count: 7000 (approx) Quantitation of NMR by Quantum Simulation 1