Changes in volatile compounds of mouse urine as it ages: Their interactions with water and urinary proteins

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 211-219

  Kwak, Jae ^a,b   Grigsby, Claude C ^b   Preti, George ^a,c   Rizki, Mateen M ^d   Yamazaki, Kunio ^a   Beauchamp, Gary K ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Wright State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of mouse urine; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS); Hydration status; Major urinary proteins (MUPs); Metabolite Differentiation and Discovery Lab (MeDDL); Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; DIMETICONE; PROTEIN; VOLATILE AGENT; WATER;

AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

AGE OF MOUSE URINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY (GC-MS); HYDRATION STATUS; MAJOR URINARY PROTEINS (MUPS); METABOLITE DIFFERENTIATION AND DISCOVERY LAB (MEDDL); VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS);

AGING; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER;

EID: 84883514251     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.08.011     Document Type: Article

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