This paper comprises an updated version of the 2014 review which reported 1846 volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) identified from healthy humans. In total over 900 additional …

Lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are inflammatory
diseases that have risen worldwide, posing a major public health issue, encompassing not …

Liver diseases (eg, cirrhosis, cancer) cause more than two million deaths per year
worldwide. This is partly attributed to late diagnosis and insufficient screening techniques. A …

Sampling of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) has shown promise for detection of a range
of diseases but results have proved hard to replicate due to a lack of standardization. In this …

Breath analysis is an attractive strategy for chemically monitoring the metabolic dynamics of
living organisms including human beings and other mammals in a non-invasive way. This …

In this paper, we report on an in-house developed electronic nose (E-nose) for use with
breath analysis. The unit consists of an array of 10 micro-electro-mechanical systems …

Exhaled breath contains hundreds of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) which offer the
potential for diagnosing and monitoring a wide range of diseases. As the breath research …

A major challenge for breath research is the lack of standardization in sampling and
analysis. To address this, a test that utilizes a standardized intervention and a defined study …

Breath analysis by secondary electrospray ionization high-resolution mass spectrometry
(SESI-HRMS) has potential for clinical diagnosis and drug monitoring. However, there is still …

The high potential of exhaled breath for disease diagnosis has been highlighted in
numerous studies. However, exhaled breath analysis is suffering from a lack of standardized …