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Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by Biological Matrices

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This chapter describes volatile organic metabolites emitted from bacteria and tissue and existing in breath, urine, saliva, and fecal samples. Additionally, the applications of different analytical techniques for fast detection of bacterial infection and diseases were discussed. Diversity of volatile metabolites are presented with focus on their origin and application of potential biomarkers for diseases screening.

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This work was supported within the project no. MNZ/01/1029.

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  1. Department of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Toruń, Poland

    I. Andreea Ratiu, Tomasz Ligor, Joanna Rudnicka & Bogusław Buszewski

  2. Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Toruń, Poland

    I. Andreea Ratiu, Tomasz Ligor, Joanna Rudnicka & Bogusław Buszewski

  3. “Raluca Ripan” Institute for Research in Chemistry, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania

    I. Andreea Ratiu

  4. Interdisciplinary Centre of Modern Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland

    Fernanda Monedeiro & Maciej Milanowski

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Ratiu, I.A., Ligor, T., Monedeiro, F., Milanowski, M., Rudnicka, J., Buszewski, B. (2022). Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by Biological Matrices. In: Buszewski, B., Baranowska, I. (eds) Handbook of Bioanalytics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95660-8_13

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