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. 2008 Oct 31;3(10):e3591. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003591

Table 3. Compounds identified in mouse urine, and their statistical significance.

id# compound diet MHC interaction
1 2,3-pentanedione 0 0.001 0.045
2 dimethyl disulfide 0.79 0.231 0.901
3 4-heptanone 0 0 0.102
4 3-penten-2-one 0.443 0 0.184
5 nitromethane 0.071 0.003 0.155
6 beta-myrcene 0.794 0.071 0.334
7 1,4-cyclohexanedione (T) 0.453 0.209 0.926
8 2-heptanone 0.369 0.001 0
9 6-methyl-3-heptanone (T) 0.293 0.172 0.001
10 3-methylcyclopentanone 0.023 0 0.003
11 2-pentenyl acetate (T) 0.297 0 0.152
12 5-hepten-2-one (T) 0 0 0.009
13 3-hydroxy-2-butanone 0.399 0.034 0.15
14 1-hydroxy-2-propanone 0.415 0.612 0.853
15 4-methyl-6-hepten-3-one (T) 0.012 0.137 0.001
16 3-ethylcyclopentanone 0.001 0.146 0.696
17 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (T) 0.075 0 0.503
18 2-isopropyl-4,5-dihydrothiazole (T) 0.303 0.004 0.001
19 2-sec-butylthiazole 0.063 0.438 0.391
20 2,3-dehydro-exo-brevicomin (T) 0 0.514 0.754
21 1-octen-3-ol 0 0.055 0.721
22 4-hydroxy-2-pentanone (T) 0 0.064 0.755
23 2-sec-butyl-4,5-dihydrothiazole (T) 0.006 0.042 0.034
24 2-ethylhexanol 0.266 0.361 0.958
25 1-(2-methoxy-1-propoxy)-2-propanol (T) 0.571 0.21 0.411
26 a terpene (T) 0 0.044 0.757
27 benzaldehyde 0.087 0.019 0.473
28 linalool 0 0.617 0.917
29 3,6-heptanedione (T) 0.016 0.002 0.765
30 unknown 0.502 0.018 0.117
31 thujopsene (T) 0.013 0.865 0.936
32 beta-farnesene (T) 0.422 0.168 0.574
33 methyl methylthiomethyl disulfide (T) 0.03 0.001 0.32
34 isovaleric and 2-methylbutyric acids 0 0.293 0.946
35 γ-caprolactone 0.046 0.354 0.139
36 benzyl methyl ketone (T) 0.084 0.929 0.745
37 alpha-farnesene (T) 0.415 0.18 0.55
38 o-toluidine (T) 0 0.619 0.238
39 1-methyl-4-(1,2,2-trimethylcyclopentyl)-benzene (T) 0.05 0.02 0.613
40 1-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-2-methyl-1,3-propanediyl 2-methylpropanoate (T) 0.097 0.007 0.102
41 dimethyl sulfone 0 0 0.009
42 dodecanol 0.16 0.18 0.705
43 2-ethylhexanoic acid 0.807 0.108 0.073
44 2-acetyl pyrrole 0.076 0.001 0.666
45 levoglucosenone (T) 0 0.003 0.467
46 phenol 0.255 0 0.021
47 nerolidol (T) 0.538 0.039 0.537
48 p-cresol 0.883 0 0.837
49 p-ethyl phenol 0 0 0

The compounds are listed in the order of increasing retention time. The numbers in the right-hand columns of Table 3 are the p values and a zero means p≤0.0001. (T) = tentatively identified. Compounds likely to be of exogenous origin are printed in bold-italic-face type.