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Influence of the respirator on volatile organic compounds : an animal study in rats over 24 hours

  • Long-term animal studies are needed to accomplish measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for medical diagnostics. In order to analyze the time course of VOCs, it is necessary to ventilate these animals. Therefore, a total of 10 male Sprague–Dawley rats were anaesthetized and ventilated with synthetic air via tracheotomy for 24 h. An ion mobility spectrometry coupled to multi-capillary columns (MCC–IMS) was used to analyze the expired air. To identify background contaminations produced by the respirator itself, six comparative measurements were conducted with ventilators only. Overall, a number of 37 peaks could be detected within the positive mode. According to the ratio peak intensity rat/ peak intensity ventilator blank, 22 peaks with a ratio >1.5 were defined as expired VOCs, 12 peaks with a ratio between 0.5 and 1.5 as unaffected VOCs, and three peaks with a ratio <0.5 as resorbed VOCs. The peak intensity of 12 expired VOCs changed significantly during the 24 h measurement. These results represent the basis for future intervention studies. Notably, online VOC analysis with MCC–IMS is possible over 24 h in ventilated rats and allows different experimental approaches.

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Author of HS ReutlingenBaumbach, Jörg Ingo
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1752-7155/9/1/016007
ISSN:1752-7155
eISSN:1752-7163
Erschienen in:Journal of breath research
Publisher:IOP
Place of publication:Bristol
Document Type:Journal article
Language:English
Publication year:2015
Volume:9
Issue:1
Page Number:10
DDC classes:610 Medizin, Gesundheit
Open access?:Nein