| Title: | The frequency of occurrence and discriminatory power of compounds found in human scent across a population determined by SPME-GC/MS |
| Author(s): | Curran AM; Ramirez CF; Schoon AA; Furton KG; |
| Address: | "Florida International University, International Forensic Research Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University Park, CP 345, Miami, FL 33199, USA" |
| Journal Title: | J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.08.039 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1570-0232 (Print) 1570-0232 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The composition of human scent collected from the hands is of interest to the medical community as a mechanism to diagnose disease and the forensic community as a means to investigate canine scent discriminations. An extensive survey of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) identified in the headspace of hand odor samples utilizing solid phase micro-extraction gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (SPME-GC/MS) has been conducted to determine the constituents of the human base odor profile. Sixty-three compounds were extracted from the collected odor samples. The composition included acids, alcohols, aldehydes, hydrocarbons, esters, ketones and nitrogen-containing compounds. The majority of the compounds detected (79.4%) were present in less than one third of the individuals sampled. Spearman correlation coefficient comparisons at a match/no-match threshold of 0.9 produced a distinguish ability of 99.67% across the population" |
| Keywords: | "Adolescent Adult Chromatography, Supercritical Fluid/*methods Female Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/*methods Hand Humans Male *Odorants;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineCurran, Allison M Ramirez, Carlos F Schoon, Adee A Furton, Kenneth G eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Netherlands 2006/10/03 J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2007 Feb 1; 846(1-2):86-97. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.08.039. Epub 2006 Sep 29" |
