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Anal Bioanal Chem

Title:		Cascade laser sensing concepts for advanced breath diagnostics
Author(s):		Tutuncu E; Mizaikoff B;
Address:		"Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany. Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany. boris.mizaikoff@uni-ulm.de"
Journal Title:		Anal Bioanal Chem
Year:		2019
Volume:		20181218
Issue:		9
Page Number:		1679 - 1686
DOI:		10.1007/s00216-018-1509-5
ISSN/ISBN:		1618-2650 (Electronic) 1618-2642 (Linking)
Abstract:		"With more than a thousand constituents at trace level concentrations, exhaled breath analysis (EBA) allows for non-invasive point-of-care (POC) disease diagnostics and metabolic status monitoring in or close to real-time. A number of biomarkers in breath may be used to not only identify diseases and disease progression but also to monitor therapeutic interventions. Although the relationship of selected breath components/biomarkers with certain disease pathologies is well established, diagnosing the exhaled breath composition remains an analytical and practical challenge due to the concentration levels of molecules of interest, i.e., low parts-per-billion (ppb) regime and below. Besides the analytical assessment of breath components via conventional methods such as gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry and related techniques, the application of cascade laser spectroscopy (CLS) is relatively new and exhibits several advantages when aiming for compact and user-friendly trace gas sensors with high molecular selectivity, the required sensitivity, and potentially reasonable instrumental costs. This trend article highlights the current status and potential of CLS in breath diagnostics with a focus on recent advancements in instrumentation and application along with future prospects and challenges. Graphical abstract Cascade laser technology in the mid-infrared spectral range enables sensitive and molecularly selective exhaled breath analysis with near real-time response, label-free detection, and point-of-care feasibility"
Keywords:		Biomarkers/metabolism Breath Tests/*methods Case-Control Studies Equipment Design Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Humans *Lasers Limit of Detection Nitric Oxide/metabolism Point-of-Care Systems Solid Phase Microextraction Spectrum Analysis/methods Vo;
Notes:		"MedlineTutuncu, Erhan Mizaikoff, Boris eng Germany 2018/12/20 Anal Bioanal Chem. 2019 Mar; 411(9):1679-1686. doi: 10.1007/s00216-018-1509-5. Epub 2018 Dec 18"