Trace gases in breath of healthy volunteers when fasting and after a protein-calorie meal: A preliminary study

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1584-1588

  Smith, David ^a   Spanel, Patrik ^b   Davies, Simon ^a,c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetone; Ammonia; Ethanol; Isoprene; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; AMMONIA; ISOPRENE; METHANOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET RESTRICTION; GAS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE;

EID: 0032724364     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.5.1584     Document Type: Article

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