Publisher Summary The measurement of exhaled hydrocarbons has evoked widespread
interest in recent years as a noninvasive method for monitoring in vivo lipid peroxidation …

A simple method is described for concentrating ethane from large volumes of air; the
sensitivity limits for detecting exhaled ethane are increased by 100-fold or more. The method …

Monitoring of ethane and pentane in breath as a noninvasive method to measure lipid
peroxidation is performed by an increasing number of laboratories. The alkanes are …

Numerous studies in animals and humans provide evidence that ethane and pentane in
expired air are useful markers of in vivo lipid peroxidation. The measurement of breath …

The straight chain aliphatic hydrocarbons ethane and pentane have been advocated as
noninvasive markers of free-radical induced lipid peroxidation in humans. In in vitro studies …

A method for the collection and measurement of low-molecular-weight volatile hydrocarbons
exhaled in human breath as a result of lipid peroxidation in vivo is described. Subjects …

Saturated, short-chain hydrocarbon gases (ethane, propane, etc.-but not methane) are
evolved during the spontaneous lipid peroxidation of mouse tissue slices or homogenates. A …

The measurement of ethane and pentane in breath offers a sensitive and noninvasive
means to assessin vivolipid peroxidation in animals and humans. However, numerous …

Publisher Summary Volatile hydrocarbons, such as ethane and pentane, are known to
originate from the peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids present in membrane lipids …

Lipid peroxidation is suspected of being involved in a number of pathological processes.
Proof of this has been very difficult to obtain, however. A major problem has been the lack of …