Quantitative analysis of trace gases of breath during exercise using the new SIFT-MS technique.

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Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Published: December 2000

We show how the concentration of the breath gases ammonia, acetone, and isoprene vary with time during exercise using the new selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) technique. The expired breath concentrations of ammonia, acetone and isoprene were observed within the range of 50-500, 100-1400 and 5-400 ppb, respectively. Increasing acetone levels were observed for most subjects during the exercise period. However, isoprene levels decreased with time during exercise. Older subjects showed higher levels of isoprene compared with younger subjects. The ammonia time profile with exercise showed both decreasing and increasing patterns for different subjects.

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