| 摘要 |
<p>The invention relates to a method of identifying or monitoring irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) comprising detecting one or more volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from a sample from a subject. Typically the sample is faecal material or urine. The VOC may be one or more of ethyl esters of propanoic or butanoic acids, propanoic acid, butanoic acid, butanoic acid methyl ester, propanoic acid methyl ester, 3-methyl butanoic acid, 1-butanol, 1-propanol, indole, 2-methyl propanoic acid, 1-pentanol, hydroxy urea, methyl cyclobutane, (R)-(-)-2-amino-1-propanol, 2-hydroxy-propanamide, acetic acid hydrazide, 2-pentanone, pyrrole, 1-butoxy-2-propanol, 2-butanone, dimethyl disulphide, 2-methyl-1,3-dioxolane and sulphur dioxide.</p> |
