Ion mobility spectrometry for detection of skin volatiles
2012
Ruzsanyi, Veronika | Mochalski, Pawel | Schmid, Alex | Wiesenhofer, Helmut | Klieber, Martin | Hinterhuber, H. (Hartmann) | Amann, Anton
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released by humans through their skin were investigated in near real time using ion mobility spectrometry after gas chromatographic separation with a short multi-capillary column. VOCs typically found in a small nitrogen flow covering the skin are 3-methyl-2-butenal, 6-methylhept-5-en-2-one, sec-butyl acetate, benzaldehyde, octanal, 2-ethylhexanol, nonanal and decanal at volume fractions in the low part per billion-(ppb) range. The technique presented here may contribute to elucidating some physiological processes occurring in the human skin.
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