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. 2020 Jul 28;17(15):5408. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155408

Table 2.

Urinary volatile organic compound metabolites (VOCMs) measured for the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Wave 1 (W1).

Biomarker Abbreviation Parent Compound
N-Acetyl-S-(4-hydroxy-2-buten-1-yl)-L-cysteine t4HBEMA 1,3-Butadiene
N-Acetyl-S-(3,4-dihydroxybutyl)-L-cysteine 34HBMA
N-Acetyl-S-(3-hydroxypropyl)-L-cysteine 3HPMA Acrolein
N-Acetyl-S-(2-carboxyethyl)-L-cysteine 2COEMA
N-Acetyl-S-(2-carbamoylethyl)-L-cysteine 2CAEMA Acrylamide
N-Acetyl-S-(2-carbamoyl-2-hydroxyethyl)-L-cysteine 2CAHEMA
N-Acetyl-S-(2-cyanoethyl)-L-cysteine 2CYEMA Acrylonitrile
N-Acetyl-S-(1-cyano-2-hydroxyethyl)-L-cysteine 1CYHEMA
N-Acetyl-S-(2-hydroxyethyl)-L-cysteine 2HEMA Acrylonitrile; Vinyl chloride; Ethylene oxide
N-Acetyl-S-(phenyl)-L-cysteine PHMA Benzene
2-Thioxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid TTCA Carbon disulfide
N-Acetyl-S-(3-hydroxypropyl-1-methyl)-L-cysteine 3HMPMA Crotonaldehyde
N-Acetyl-S-(N-methylcarbamoyl)-L-cysteine MCAMA N,N-Dimethylformamide; Methyl isocyanate
Phenylglyoxylic acid PHGA Ethylbenzene; Styrene
N-Acetyl-S-(4-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-buten-1-yl)-L-cysteine 4HMBEMA Isoprene
N-Acetyl-S-(2-hydroxypropyl)-L-cysteine 2HPMA Propylene oxide
Mandelic acid MADA Ethylbenzene; Styrene
N-Acetyl-S-(benzyl)-L-cysteine BZMA Toluene; Benzyl alcohol
2-Methylhippuric acid 2MHA o-Xylene
3-Methylhippuric acid + 4-Methylhippuric acid 34MH m,p-Xylene