| Title: | Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatographic profiling and chemometric interpretation of the volatile profiles of sweat in knit fabrics |
| Author(s): | de la Mata AP; McQueen RH; Nam SL; Harynuk JJ; |
| Address: | "Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive NW, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G2, Canada. Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta, 302 Human Ecology Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2N1, Canada. Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive NW, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G2, Canada. james.harynuk@ualberta.ca" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00216-016-0137-1 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1618-2650 (Electronic) 1618-2642 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Human axillary sweat is a poorly explored biofluid within the context of metabolomics when compared to other fluids such as blood and urine. In this paper, we explore the volatile organic compounds emitted from two different types of fabric samples (cotton and polyester) which had been worn repeatedly during exercise by participants. Headspace solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC-TOFMS) were employed to profile the (semi)volatile compounds on the fabric. Principal component analysis models were applied to the data to aid in visualizing differences between types of fabrics, wash treatment, and the gender of the subject who had worn the fabric. Statistical tools included with commercial chromatography software (ChromaTOF) and a simple Fisher ratio threshold-based feature selection for model optimization are compared with a custom-written algorithm that uses cluster resolution as an objective function to maximize in a hybrid backward-elimination forward-selection approach for optimizing the chemometric models in an effort to identify some compounds that correlate to differences between fabric types. The custom algorithm is shown to generate better models than the simple Fisher ratio approach. Graphical Abstract A route from samples and questions to data and then answers" |
| Keywords: | Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/*methods Humans Solid Phase Microextraction *Sweat *Textiles *Volatilization Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC TOFMS) Fisher ratio Human body odor Metabolomics Sol; |
| Notes: | "Medlinede la Mata, A Paulina McQueen, Rachel H Nam, Seo Lin Harynuk, James J eng Germany 2016/12/29 Anal Bioanal Chem. 2017 Mar; 409(7):1905-1913. doi: 10.1007/s00216-016-0137-1. Epub 2016 Dec 27" |
