Volatile hydrocarbons such as ethane and n-pentane are known to originate from
peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids in membrane lipids and they are accepted as 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 …

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 …

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 …

Literature values for breath pentane, an indicator of lipid peroxidation, vary by 1,000-fold in
healthy subjects. This report describes multiple technical artifacts that may explain this …

The peroxidation of unsaturated fatty acids, constituents of tissues, is one proposed
mechanism of invivo oxidant damage. Several methods are described to quantify in vivo …

Formation of free radicals and lipid peroxidation are mechanisms that are involved in many
conditions including cellular damage. In a human body, there are many antioxidant systems …

The use of exhalation of ethane and n-pentane in experimental animals as parameters of
lipid peroxidation led to an examination of pharmacokinetics of both compounds in rats …

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 …

Breath analysis is a non-invasive method for investigation of the volatile compounds
produced by humans. Pentane has often been taken as an indicator of lipid peroxidation …