Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and odors in cattle rumen gas have been characterized by in-vivo headspace sampling by solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-olfactometry (GC-MS-O). A novel device enabling headspace SPME (HS-SPME) sampling through a cannula was designed, refined, and used to collect rumen gas samples from steers. A Carboxen-pol...

The toxic inert ingredients in pesticide formulations are strictly regulated in many countries. In this paper, a simple and efficient headspace-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HSGC-MS) method using fluorobenzene as an internal standard (IS) for rapid simultaneous determination of benzene and toluene in pesticide emulsifiable concentrate (EC) was established. The headspace and GC-MS condit...

SIFT-MS is used for the first time in profiling the volatile organic profile in faecal headspace in two groups of horses admitted to an equine hospital, one group with acute intestinal disease (colic) affecting the large colon, plus a control group of similarly managed horses admitted for non-gastrointestinal/metabolic reasons (e.g. acute orthopaedic injury). Compounds in faecal headspace which...

the seasonal variation of volatile oil compositions (vocs) from fresh flowers of persian musk rose was investigated by combi pal headspace techniques. in this study, a total number of 21 vocs were detected by headspace on the combi pal system and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (hs-gc/ms) from rosa moschata herrm. at different seasons which was representing 92.53-99.37% of total vocs. the ...

the volatile components of citrus aurantium l. flowers were characterized by gc-ms with two different extraction techniques, hydrodistillation (hd) and ultrasonic-assisted headspace solid phase microextraction (ua-hs-spme). in the spme method, the volatile components of the samples, irradiated by ultrasonic radiation, were collected on a polydimethyl siloxane (pdms) commercial fiber as well as ...

The purpose of this research work was to develop a novel, sensitive and accurate analytical method for quantification of 12 residual solvents in Dapagliflozin Amorphous by using a static headspace gas chromatography (HSGC) coupled with flame ionization detector (FID). Methanol, Ethanol, Diethyl ether, Methyl acetate, Dichloromethane, Ethyl acetate, Tetrahydrofuran, Cyclohexane, Isopropyl acetat...

This study demonstrates the use of solid-phase microextraction (SPME) to extract and pre-concentrate volatile signatures from static air above plastic explosive samples followed by detection using ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) optimized to detect the volatile, non-energetic components rather than the energetic materials. Currently, sample collection for detection by commercial IMS analyzers i...

Previous studies have indicated that volatile compounds specific to bladder cancer may exist in urine headspace, raising the possibility that headspace analysis could be used for diagnosis of this particular cancer. In this paper, we evaluate the use of a commercially available gas sensor array coupled with a specifically designed pattern recognition algorithm for this purpose. The best diagnos...

The ability of foods and beverages to reduce allyl methyl disulfide, diallyl disulfide, allyl mercaptan, and allyl methyl sulfide on human breath after consumption of raw garlic was examined. The treatments were consumed immediately following raw garlic consumption for breath measurements, or were blended with garlic prior to headspace measurements. Measurements were done using a selected ion f...

Plant volatiles (PVs) mediate manifold interactions between plants and their biotic and abiotic environments (Dicke and Baldwin, 2010; Holopainen and Gershenzon, 2010). An understanding of the physiological and ecological functions of PVs must therefore be based on measurements of PV emissions under natural conditions. Yet sampling PVs in natural environments is difficult, limited by the need t...