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. 2018 Jan 18;6:1415. Originally published 2017 Aug 10. [Version 3] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.12003.3

Table 1. The identified VOCs for E. coli, S. aureus and C. albicans, and the percentage of the total area that their average peak covered (peak area %), after 2hours in MB and TSB media.

In total, 25 types of VOCs by E. coli, 33 types by S. aureus and 28 types by C. albicans were generated in this period.

Compound E. coli
in MB
E. coli
in TSB
S. aureus
in MB
S. aureus
in TSB
C. albicans
in MB
C. albicans
in TSB
(e)-2-hexyl ester-butanoic acid 1.84 0.79 - - 6.75 3.78
1-(1,5-dimethyl-4-hexyl-4-methyl-benzene 3.19 0.41 - - - -
1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid - - 0.39 - - 0.2
1,2-butadiene - - - 1.73 - -
1,3-butadiene - - - - - 26.68
1,3-heptadiene - - - 4.88 - 4.55
1,5-decadiene - - - - - 0.86
1,9-decadiene 0.05 0.05 - - - 0.39
1-decyne - 0.07 0.85 - 1.55 1.55
1-penten-3-ol - 0.02 - 5.14 - -
2,3-pentandione - 1.33 - - - -
2,5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-phenol 0.13 0.1 - 0.11 - 0.43
2,5-dimethyl pyrazine - - - 20.19 - 3.07
2,6-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-methyl-phenol - 0.04 0.5 - - 0.64
2,6-dibutyl-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione 0.03 - - - - -
2-ethenyl-6-methyl-pyrazine 1.1 0.63 6.58 6.63 - 3.63
2-ethyl hexanol - - - 2.32 - -
2-heptanone 0.05 - - 2.31 - -
2-hexan-1-ol - - - - - 0.22
2-methyl-2-undecanethiol 0.24 0.13 1.98 1.09 - -
3-methyl-1,5-heptadiene - - - - 3.77 1.03
3-propionyloxypentadecane 0.57 0.18 7.36 1.3 2 0.61
4-t-butyl-2-(1-methyl-2-
nitroethyl)cyclohexane
0.93 0.73 12.17 5.4 10.98 2.45
5.5-dodecadinyl-1, 12-diol - - 0.48 0.5 1.19 6.38
allyl butylhydroquinone - - - 0.31 - -
anisol - 0.05 - 1.19 - -
benzaldehyde 2.13 1.34 3.22 8.98 - 0.64
benzene acetaldehyde - - 8.74 7.04 - -
benzophenone 0.03 - - - - -
bisabolene 1.21 0.03 - - - -
butyl cyclohexyl acetate - - - 0.4 - -
butyraldehyde - - - - - 0.67
cadinene - - - - - 1.79
carbamic acid - - - - 48.49 0.5
caryophyllene - - - 0.09 - -
cedran-1,8-diol 0.14 0.09 2.63 0.39 - 0.48
cedrol - - 0.71 0.23 - -
copaene 0.01 - - - - -
cyclohexene, 4-ethenyl- - - 29.64 2.18 - 0.47
decanol - 0.93 - - - -
decene - - - 2.85 - -
dimethyl octenal - - - 1.39 - -
dimethyl ethyl cyclohexanol - - - 1.04 - 0.59
dodecane 0.06 - - 0.96 - -
dodecanol - 0.27 - - - -
dodecenol - - - - - 0.5
eicosane - - - - - 0.12
ethyl butanoate - - - - 5.31 4.64
heptadecane - - 12.35 5.33 - -
humulen - - 0.71 - - -
indole 82.61 90.97 - 0.48 - -
limonene 0.68 - - - - -
longifolene - - - - 4.96 0.43
longifolene - - - 0.52 - -
methone - - - 7.49 - 1.4
muurola-4,5-diene 0.47 - - - - -
naphthalenol - 0.84 - 0.21 - 0.44
neryl acetate 0.06 0.03 - - - -
nonadecanone - - 0.62 - - -
ocimene - - - - - 2.24
octacosane 0.41 0.06 1.37 1.22 1.2 1.02
octyl acetate - - - - - 0.4
pentadecane 0.03 - 0.86 0.68 - 4.1
phthalic acid, butyl ester 0.19 0.13 0.97 - - 0.22
phenyl ethyl pyrrole - 0.06 - - - -
sesquiphellandrene 1.1 - - - - 4.79
tetra butyl cyclohexyl acetate - - 1.7 - - -
tetradecane 0.01 - - - - -
tetradecanol - - - - - 0.34
zingiberene 1.63 - 1.03 - 2.87 7.91
α-acetoxydihydrocoumarin - 0.52 1.88 0.25 - -
β-santalol - - - - 4.87 1.34