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

Table 2. 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 4 hours in MB and TSB media.

In total, 9 types of VOCs by E. coli, 19 types by S. aureus and 42 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 - - - - 6.64 4.24
(z)-2-octene-1-ol - - - - 0.69 0.54
(z)-4-decan-1-ol - - - - 0.70 0.46
1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid - - - - 0.29 0.31
1,2-butadiene - - 0.37 4.02 - -
1,3-butadiene - - - - 1.40 -
1,3-heptadiene - - 81.33 - 0.23 0.47
1,5-decadiene - - - - 1.01 3.00
1,9-decadiene - 0.01 - - 0.20 3.59
1-decyne 2.36 - 0.59 16.47 2.81 1.40
1-methoxy-2-propanol - - 0.20 - - -
2-(phenylmethylene)-octanal - - - - 1.55 1.63
2,3-pentandione - - 7.07 21.67 - -
2,5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-phenol - - - - 0.69 0.43
2,5-dimethyl pyrazine - - - - - 3.48
2-acetyl-1-pyrroline - 0.07 - - - -
2-ethenyl-6-methyl-pyrazine 0.01 - 0.80 - 7.33 -
2-ethyl hexanol - - - 1.05 - -
2-heptanone 0.02 0.33 - - - -
2-hexan-1-ol - - - - 0.33 0.23
2h-tetrazole-5-carboxylicacid, 2-phenyl - - 0.48 - 1.44 1.59
2-methyl-2-undecanethiol - - 0.24 - - -
3-methyl-1,5-heptadiene - - 0.60 - 0.76 0.53
4-t-butyl-2-(1-methyl-2-
nitroethyl)cyclohexane
- - - - 6.05 5.81
5.5-dodecadinyl-1, 12-diol - - - - 5.16 0.51
6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one - - - - 0.31 0.20
benzaldehyde - - - - 0.83 0.68
butyraldehyde - - 0.38 - - -
cadinene - - - - 0.79 0.34
carbamic acid - - - - 18.10 8.19
caryophyllene - 0.02 - 4.88 - -
cedrol - - - - 0.36 0.36
cis-dihydro-α-terpinyl acetate - - - 17.90 - -
cyclohexene, 4-ethenyl- - - 0.08 6.77 - -
dimethyl octenal - - - - 0.58 -
dimethylethyl cyclohexanol - - - - 0.79 0.22
dodecenal - - - - 0.52 0.39
dodecenol - - - - 0.61 2.54
eicosane - - - - - 0.29
ethyl butanoate 0.01 - 7.57 12.21 6.63 0.73
indole 97.05 99.46 - 0.82 0.34 -
levomenthol - - - 3.74 - -
longifolene - - - - 0.31 0.26
longifolol - - - - 5.66 22.07
methyl isopropyl hexenal - - - - 1.11 0.59
naphthalenol - - - - - 0.37
octacosane - - - - 1.74 1.60
octyl acetate - - - - 0.34 -
pentadecane - - - 0.87 1.80 1.38
phthalic acid, butyl ester - - - - 0.60 0.36
tetradecanol - - - - 0.61 0.26
tridecanol - - - - 0.34 0.34
zingiberene - - - - 1.27 1.12
β-santalol - 0.03 - 5.16 6.52 14.15
sesquiphellandrene - - - - 2.00 0.70