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Table 1

From: Release of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the lung cancer cell line CALU-1 in vitro

A: Summary of all substances identified by spectral match and confirmation of retention time

No.

Compound

tR [min]

CAS

 

1

Methyl alcohol

8,778

67-56-1

 

2

Dimethyl ether

10,323

115-10-6

 

3

Acetaldehyde

11,936

75-07-0

 

4

Methanethiol

13,130

74-93-1

 

5

Isobutane

15,785

75-28-5

 

6

2-Methyl-1-propene

16,118

115-11-7

 

7

Ethyl alcohol

16,517

64-17-5

 

8

Acetonitrile (a)

17,423

75-05-8

 

9

2-Butene (Z or E isomer)

17,009

107-01-7

 

10

Butane

17,186

106-97-8

 

11

2-Butene (E or Z isomer)

17,360

115-11-7

 

12

2-Propenal (b)

19,310

107-02-8

 

13

Furan

19,741

110-00-9

 

14

Propanal

20,170

123-38-6

 

15

Acetone

20,469

67-64-1

 

16

Isopropyl Alcohol

21,720

67-63-0

 

17

2-Methylbutane

23,229

78-78-4

 

18

Ethyl ether

23,503

60-29-7

 

19

1-Propanol

23,696

71-23-8

 

20

Pentane

24,224

109-66-0

 

21

Methacrolein (c)

25,375

78-85-3

 

22

2-Methylpropanal (d)

25,917

78-84-2

 

23

Methyl vinyl ketone

26,795

78-94-4

 

24

Trichloromethane

27,561

67-66-3

 

25

Tetrahydrofuran

27,920

109-99-9

 

26

2-Butanone (e)

28,124

78-93-3

 

27

Ethyl acetate

29,829

141-78-6

 

28

2-Methoxy-2-methylpropane (f)

30,377

1634-04-4

 

29

2-Methyl-1-pentene

31,692

763-29-1

 

30

Benzene

32,418

71-43-2

 

31

Hexane

33,003

110-54-3

 

32

2-Ethylacrolein

34,049

922-63-4

 

33

3-Methylbutanal (g)

34,587

590-86-3

 

34

2-Ethoxy-2-methylpropane (h)

35,346

637-92-3

 

35

2-Pentanone

35,868

107-87-9

 

36

Methyl methacrylate

36,121

80-62-6

 

37

2-Methyl-2-butenal

37,277

1115-11-3

 

38

3-Methylhexane

38,434

589-34-4

 

39

Cyclopentanone

38,750

120-92-3

 

40

Toluene

39,466

108-88-3

 

41

Furfural

40,044

98-01-1

 

42

Methyl isobutyl ketone

40,262

108-10-1

 

43

Hexanal (i)

42,001

66-25-1

 

44

Butyl acetate (j)

42,624

123-86-4

 

45

2,3,4-Trimethylpentane

42,949

565-75-3

 

46

2,3,3-Trimethylpentane (k)

43,202

560-21-4

 

47

4-Methylheptane

43,385

589-53-7

 

48

3-Ethylhexane

43,580

619-99-8

 

49

Octane

44,465

111-65-9

 

50

p-Xylene

44,721

106-42-3

 

51

Styrene

45,195

100-42-5

 

52

p-Xylene

45,363

106-42-3

 

53

3-Methyl-2(5H)-furanone

45,779

22122-36-7

 

54

2,3,5-Trimethylhexane (l)

46,456

1069-53-0

 

55

2,4-Dimethylheptane (m)

46,647

2213-23-2

 

56

Benzaldehyde

46,799

100-52-7

 

57

4-Methyloctane (n)

47,697

2216-34-4

 

58

Octanal

50,921

124-13-0

 

59

Limonene

52,217

138-86-3

 

60

Decane

52,572

124-18-5

 

Listed are substances observed in the headspace of medium as well as in the headspace of CALU-1 cancer cells. Letters in parentheses refer to peaks shown in the chromatogram of Figure 1.

B: List of compounds identified only by means of spectral library match

 

Compound

t R [min]

CAS

M +.

 

Propene

7,939

115-07-1

42

 

Chloromethane

8,259

74-87-3

50

 

Acetophenone

51,165

98-86-2

120

 

(1E)-1-Butenylbenzene

53,069

824-90-8

132

 

Nonanal

54,630

124-19-6

144

Listed are compounds detected in the headspace of medium and CALU-1 cancer cells. Relative molecular mass (RMM) of the suspected molecular ion is given for each presented compound.