Title: | Dielectric barrier discharge micro-plasma emission spectrometry for the detection of acetone in exhaled breath |
Author(s): | Yang T; Gao DX; Yu YL; Chen ML; Wang JH; |
Address: | "Research Center for Analytical Sciences, Colleges of Sciences, Box 332, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. Research Center for Analytical Sciences, Colleges of Sciences, Box 332, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China; Department of Chemistry, Northeastern University, Box 332, Shenyang 110819, China. Research Center for Analytical Sciences, Colleges of Sciences, Box 332, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. Electronic address: chenml@mail.neu.edu.cn. Research Center for Analytical Sciences, Colleges of Sciences, Box 332, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. Electronic address: jianhuajrz@mail.neu.edu.cn" |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.talanta.2015.07.074 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-3573 (Electronic) 0039-9140 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Acetone is a predominant volatile organic compound (VOC) in the exhaled breath and a promising biomarker for diabetes and ketoacidosis. A non-thermal micro-plasma generated in a planar dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) is used as a radiation source for the excitation of gaseous acetone followed by its quantification with optical emission spectrometry (OES). Gaseous acetone can be directly sampled, while liquid acetone is evaporated by heated tungsten coil and then introduced into the DBD micro-plasma by a helium carrier flow for performing optical emission and detection at a 519 nm emission line. In the present study, the exhaled breath is collected and transferred into aqueous medium for sampling. With a sampling volume of 7 muL in a micro-drop, a linear range of 40-1600 mg L(-1) is obtained along with a detection limit of 44 ng and a precision of 5.7% RSD. The present system is successfully applied to the determination of breath acetone for both diabetic patients and healthy volunteers" |
Keywords: | Acetone/*analysis Breath Tests/instrumentation/*methods Electric Impedance *Exhalation Humans Optical Fibers Plasma Gases/*chemistry Spectrum Analysis Acetone Dielectric barrier discharge Exhaled breath Optical emission spectrometry; |
Notes: | "MedlineYang, Ting Gao, Dong-Xue Yu, Yong-Liang Chen, Ming-Li Wang, Jian-Hua eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Netherlands 2015/12/24 Talanta. 2016 Jan 1; 146:603-8. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2015.07.074. Epub 2015 Jul 29" |