Figure 2.
Partition coefficient, –log(λb:a), for 112 volatile cancer biomarkers published during the last decade [7, 30, 67, 109–121], as well as acetone and 2-pentanone for comparison. The color for the different compound names is chosen according to the chemical class. Compounds with a higher log(λb:a) will tend to be in the blood and vice versa.