Maintaining soil health is crucial for sustainable agriculture. Recently, soil volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have emerged as promising indicators for assessing soil health. A new study aimed to ...

To evaluate the noninvasive, early identification capability of urine volatile organic compounds (VOCs) obtained via gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry (GC-IMS), combined with machine ...

The identification and quantification of both commercial (paints, coatings and fossil fuels) and naturally occurring VOCs has become an essential part of analytical chemistry. Volatile organic ...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) represent a diverse class of small molecules generated by endogenous metabolism, cellular stress and microbial activity. Their presence in exhaled breath, headspace ...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are essential airborne signals or odors that enable plants to communicate with other organisms and plants across short and long distances. A key aspect of this ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue University biochemist and her colleagues have pioneered new methods for increasing production of volatile compounds important for plant defenses and for use in biofuels ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Volatile organic compounds that are found in combustible cigarette and e-cigarettes were linked with ...

(Beyond Pesticides, October 31, 2023) With cooler weather setting in and people heading indoors and closing windows, the issue of COVID-19 transmission escalates, as do concerns about toxic chemicals ...

Scientists are working on diagnostic techniques that could sniff out chemical compounds from breath, sweat, tears and other bodily emissions and that act as fingerprints of thousands of diseases. But ...