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. 2017 Jan 5;122(3):695–701. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00888.2016

Table 2.

Table of putatively identified macaque breath molecules that discriminate pre- and postinfection macaque breath samples

Putative Peak Identification Formula Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number Reported in Healthy Human Breath Reported as M. tuberculosis Breath Biomarker
Higher expressed in postinfection samples
(Z)-3-Tetradecene C14H28 41,446–67–7
1,1′-Bicyclohexyl* C12H22 92–51–3
2,2-Dimethylheptane* C9H20 1,071–26–7 (9)
2,6,11-trimethyldodecane C15H32 31,295–56–4
2-Ethylhexyl isohexyl ester sulfurous acid C14H30O3 959,067–41–5
3-Methyl-dodecane C13H28 17,312–57–1
Dodecane C12H26 112–40–3 (9) (24)
Hexadecane C16H34 544–76–3 (9)
Hexylcyclohexane C12H24 4,292–75–5 (37)
Octylcyclohexane C14H28 1,795–15–9
Tridecane* C13H28 629–50–5 (9) (36, 37, 40)
Higher expressed in preinfection samples
2-Heptanone* C7H14O 110–43–0 (9)
Acetic acid, phenyl ester C8H8O2 122–79–2
Allyl heptanoate* C10H18O2 142–19–8
4-Methylene-1-(1-methylethyl)- bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane* C10H16 3,387–41–5
2-Methylbutyl ester butanoic acid* C9H18O2 51,115–64–1
n-Amyl isovalerate* C10H20O2 25,415–62–7
o-Cymene* C10H14 527–84–4 (9)
Trans-á-Ocimene* C10H16 502–99–8
*

Indicates features statistically different between preinfection and postinfection samples (P < 0.05).