- Metabolite
- HMDB0000535 (Caproic acid)
- Biospecimen
- Feces
- Status
- Detected and Quantified
- Data source
- Referenced
- Concentration
- 74.4 +/- 94 nmol/g wet feces
- Age
- Adult (>18 years old)
- Sex
- Female
- Condition
- Normal
Comments
Control diets for ten days. By propyl chloroformate (PCF) derivatization followed by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. This compound is a volatile fatty acid.
References
- Zheng X, Qiu Y, Zhong W, Baxter S, Su M, Li Q, Xie G, Ore BM, Qiao S, Spencer MD, Zeisel SH, Zhou Z, Zhao A, Jia W: A targeted metabolomic protocol for short-chain fatty acids and branched-chain amino acids. Metabolomics. 2013 Aug 1;9(4):818-827. [PubMed:23997757 ]