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Real-time breath analysis with active capillary plasma ionization-ambient mass spectrometry

Bregy, Lukas and Sinues, Pablo Martinez-Lozano and Nudnova, Maryia M. and Zenobi, Renato. (2014) Real-time breath analysis with active capillary plasma ionization-ambient mass spectrometry. Journal of breath research, 8 (2). 027102.

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Abstract

On-line analysis of exhaled human breath is a growing area in analytical science, for applications such as fast and non-invasive medical diagnosis and monitoring. In this work, we present a novel approach based on ambient ionization of compounds in breath and subsequent real-time mass spectrometric analysis. We introduce a plasma ionization source for this purpose, which has no need for additional gases, is very small, and is easily interfaced with virtually any commercial atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometer (API-MS) without major modifications. If an API-MS instrument exists in a laboratory, the cost to implement this technology is only around [Formula: see text]500, far less than the investment for a specialized mass spectrometric system designed for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) analysis. In this proof-of-principle study we were able to measure mass spectra of exhaled human breath and found these to be comparable to spectra obtained with other electrospray-based methods. We detected over 100 VOCs, including relevant metabolites like fatty acids, with molecular weights extending up to 340 Da. In addition, we were able to monitor the time-dependent evolution of the peaks and show the enhancement of the metabolism after a meal. We conclude that this approach may complement current methods to analyze breath or other types of vapors, offering an affordable option to upgrade any pre-existing API-MS to a real-time breath analyzer.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedical Engineering > Imaging and Computational Modelling > Translational Medicine Breath Research (Sinues)
UniBasel Contributors:Sinues, Pablo
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
ISSN:1752-7155
e-ISSN:1752-7163
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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