Table 13.
VOCs discriminating the headspace of lung cancer cell lines and control cell lines. Analysis of abundances of VOCS in the headspace of lung cancer, breast cancer and normal lung cell lines using GCMS-SPME. A p-value < 0.05 has been considered statistically significant
| Compounds | P-values | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A549/Calu3 | A549/MCF7 | A549/WI38VA13 | Calu3/MCF7 | Calu3/WI38VA13 | |
| Decane | 0.326 (↑) | 0.154 (↑) | 1.04E-4 (↑) | 0.127 (↓) | 0.016 (↑) |
| Propylbenzene | 0.507 (↑) | 0.533 (↑) | 0.104 (↓) | 0.988 (↓) | 0.071 (↓) |
| Dodecane | 1.67E-6 (↓) | 2.23E-5 (↓) | - | 0.011 (↑) | 1.67E-6 (↑) |
| Decanal | 0.001 (↑) | 0.001 (↑) | 0.001 (↑) | - | - |
| Nonanal | 0.002 (↑) | 0.002 (↑) | 1.17E-4 (↓) | - | 2.21E-4 (↓) |
| 3, 4-Dimethylheptane | - | 2.75E-4 (↓) | - | 2.75E-4 (↓) | - |
| 2, 4-DimethylUndecane | - | - | 0.017 (↓) | 0.017 (↓) | - |
| 2-Ethyldodecanol | 3.88E-5 (↓) | - | - | 3.88E-5 (↑) | 3.88E-5 (↑) |
| 2-Ethylhexanol | 3.53E-5 (↓) | - | 2.47E-7 (↓) | 3.53E-5 (↑) | 9.40E-5 (↑) |
| Heneicosane | 0.334 (↓) | 0.002 (↑) | 0.002 (↑) | 3.40E-4 (↑) | 3.40E-4 (↑) |
The (↑) and (↓) shows the trend of abundances increases and decreases in lung cancer cell line samples respectively