Development of Mass Spectrometric Methods for the Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds in Breath
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Analytical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2021) | Viewed by 2955
Special Issue Editors
Interests: volatolomics; biomarker discovery; bioanalytical chemistry / method development and validation / trace analysis; mass spectrometry hyphenated with (multidimensional) chromatography; environmental exposure and risk assessment
Interests: biomarker discovery; bioanalytical chemistry / method development and validation; mass spectrometry hyphenated with chromatography; real-time mass spectrometry; breath analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Molecules is pleased to announce its next Special Issue, entitled “Development of Mass Spectrometric Methods for the Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds”. Volatile organic compound (VOC) analysis has recently arisen as an innovative means of conducting non-invasive diagnostics and disease monitoring. The numerous VOCs contained in breath could potentially reflect biochemical processes taking place throughout the entire human body. Several prospective clinical studies have shown that multiple pathophysiological conditions cause imbalances in the metabolic profile of exhaled breath. Mass spectrometry (MS) is the dominant technique for breath analysis, either coupled with gas chromatography or conducted in real time. Breath is a complex biological matrix containing VOCs at a wide range of concentrations, varying from ppm to ppt levels. Furthermore, due to the nature of the matrix, several challenges regarding sample collection, transport, storage, pooling and analysis often compromise the quality of its investigation. Thus, there is a pressing need for improved and highly standardized mass spectrometric techniques which can offer increased volatilome coverage and more reliable measurements.
Dr. Antonis Myridakis
Dr. Ilaria Belluomo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Breath analysis
- Mass spectrometry
- Volatolomics
- GC-MS
- GCxGC-MS
- PTR-MS
- SIFT-MS
- SESI-MS
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