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  2. Volatile organic compound - Wikipedia

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    The exhaled human breath contains a few thousand volatile organic compounds and is used in breath biopsy to serve as a VOC biomarker to test for diseases, [93] such as lung cancer. [99] One study has shown that "volatile organic compounds ... are mainly blood borne and therefore enable monitoring of different processes in the body."

  3. Breath gas analysis - Wikipedia

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    Breath gas analysis is a method for gaining information on the clinical state of an individual by monitoring volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in the exhaled breath. Exhaled breath is naturally produced by the human body through expiration and therefore can be collected in non-invasively and in an unlimited way. [1]

  4. Smell as evidence of disease - Wikipedia

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    The biochemical mechanism of VOC generation in the human body is not fully comprehended. [10] Their occurrence is due to changes in cell metabolism, inflammation, and oxidative stress, where reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced from cellular respiration interact with cellular structures (such as the membrane, proteins, DNA, and RNA) to create ...

  5. Acetone - Wikipedia

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    It has volatile organic compound (VOC)-exempt status in the United States. [25] Acetone is produced and disposed of in the human body through normal metabolic processes. It is normally present in blood and urine. People with diabetic ketoacidosis produce it in larger amounts.

  6. NASA Study on Air-Purifying Houseplants Debunked: Here's the ...

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    Its results suggested that certain common indoor plants, like pothos, ivy and ficus, may absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen through photosynthesis, and provide a natural way to remove toxic ...

  7. Peroxyacyl nitrates - Wikipedia

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    They are nitrates produced in the thermal equilibrium between organic peroxy radicals by the gas-phase oxidation of a variety of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), or by aldehydes and other oxygenated VOCs oxidizing in the presence of NO 2. [1] [2] [3]

  8. Volatolomics - Wikipedia

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    The profiling of VOCs emitted by living organisms takes an increasing importance in various scientific domains like in medicine, in food sciences or in chemical ecology. For instance, in medicine, non-invasive diagnosis techniques of cancer based on the profiling of VOCs from the exhaled breath have been developed.

  9. Scientists Say This Is the 'Least Polluting' Cooking Method

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    (To get specific, pan-frying emitted 92.9 micrograms per cubic meter of air and 260 parts per billion of volatile organic compounds, while the air-fryer method produced 0.6 micrograms per cubic ...